Aaron H. Cragin

Aaron H. Cragin, 1859

Aaron Harrison Cragin (born February 3, 1821 in Weston , Windsor County , Vermont , †  May 10, 1898 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of New Hampshire in both chambers of Congress .

Aaron Cragin joined in his home his schooling from, then studied law and was 1847 in Albany ( New York ) be placed in the Bar Association, and he in Lebanon began to practice as a lawyer (New Hampshire). From 1852 to 1855 he held his first political mandate as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives .

Cragin was originally a member of the American Party , for which he first moved into the United States House of Representatives on March 4, 1855 . During the following legislative period he went over to the Republicans, as their candidate he was confirmed in office in 1856. He was a member of the House of Representatives until March 3, 1859, during which time he served, among other things, as chairman of the Committee on Control of Expenditures of the War Ministry .

After leaving Congress, Cragin initially worked again as a lawyer and, in 1859, sat again in the House of Representatives of his state. In 1864 he was elected US Senator , whereupon he took the place of the no longer candidate John P. Hale on March 4, 1865 . After re-election, he remained a senator until March 3, 1877; during that time he chaired several committees, including the Naval Committee and the Railway Committee.

US President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Cragin a member of a commission of the purchase Hot-Springs-reserve in Arkansas should prepare; from 1877 to 1879 he was chairman of this commission. He died in the federal capital Washington in 1898 and was buried in Lebanon.

Web links

• Aaron H. Cragin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Aaron H. Cragin in the database of Find a Grave (English)