William C. Lovering

William Croad Lovering (born February 25, 1835 in Woonsocket , Rhode Island , † February 4, 1910 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1910 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Lovering and his parents came to Taunton , Massachusetts in 1837 . He later attended Cambridge High School and the Hopkins Classical School in Cambridge . In 1859 he left school to work in his father's business, a cotton mill. During the Civil War he served in a Massachusetts brigade that was part of the Union Army . After the war he continued to work in cotton processing in Taunton. He also became the first president of the local tram. He also got into the insurance business and became president of American Liability Insurance Co.

Lovering was also involved in other industries. For two years he served as president of the Association of cotton processors in New England ( New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association ). At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1874 and 1875 ; in June 1880 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where James A. Garfield was nominated as a presidential candidate. In 1892 he chaired the Massachusetts regional Republican party convention.

In the congressional elections of 1896 Lovering was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington in the twelfth constituency of Massachusetts, where he succeeded Elijah A. Morse on March 4, 1897 . After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on February 4, 1910 . Since 1903 he represented the 14th district of his state there as the successor to John Holmes . During his time as Congressman, the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . William Lovering was buried in Taunton.

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SURNAME	Lovering, William C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lovering, William Croad (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	Woonsocket , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH	February 4, 1910
Place of death	Washington, DC