Hezekiah S. Bundy

Hezekiah S. Bundy

Hezekiah Sanford Bundy (born August 15, 1817 in Marietta , Ohio , †  December 12, 1895 in Wellston , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1865 and 1895 he represented the state of Ohio three times in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1819 Hezekiah Bundy moved with his parents to Athens County , where he attended public schools. After that, he initially worked in agriculture. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1850, he began to practice this profession, which he did until 1860. Then he worked in the iron industry. In 1848 and 1850 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives ; In 1855 he was a member of the State Senate . He became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In 1862 he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives.

In the congressional elections of 1864 Bundy was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eleventh constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Wells A. Hutchins on March 4, 1865 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1866, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1867 . Since 1865, the work of Congress has been overshadowed by tension between Republicans and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial. In the elections of 1872 Bundy was re-elected to Congress in the twelfth district of his state, where he replaced John Thomas Wilson on March 4, 1873 , who had become his successor there in 1867. Since he was not confirmed in 1874, he could only spend one term in the House of Representatives this time, during which he was chairman of the Committee on Mileage .

In 1887 Hezekiah Bundy moved to Wellston, where he practiced as a lawyer again. After the death of the MP William H. Enochs he was elected in the due by-election for the tenth seat of Ohio as his successor in the US House of Representatives, where he took office on December 4, 1893. Until March 3, 1895 he was able to end the current legislative period there. He died on December 12, 1895 in Wellston, where he was also buried.

Web links

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• Hezekiah S. Bundy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hezekiah S. Bundy in the database of Find a Grave (English)