Charles Haight

Charles Haight (born January 4, 1838 in Colts Neck , New Jersey , †  August 1, 1891 in Freehold , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1867 and 1871 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Haight attended private schools in Freehold and then studied at Princeton College until 1857 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1861, he began to work in this profession in Freehold. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1860 to 1862 he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly , whose speaker he was in 1862 as the successor to Frederick Halstead Teese . During the Civil War , Haight served as brigadier general of the State Militia, which was part of the Union Army . From 1862 until the end of the war he commanded Camp Vredenburgh .

In the congressional election of 1866 , Haight was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded William A. Newell on March 4, 1867 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1871 . Until 1869, the work of Congress was marked by the conflict between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment process . In 1868 and 1870 the 14th and 15th amendments came into force.

In 1870, Haight decided not to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1872 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , on which Horace Greeley was nominated as a presidential candidate. There he headed the delegation from New Jersey. From 1873 until his death, Charles Haight served as a prosecutor in Monmouth County . He died in Freehold on August 1, 1891.

Web links

• Charles Haight in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Haight in the database of Find a Grave (English)