Abel Carter Wilder

Abel Carter Wilder (born March 18, 1828 in Mendon , Worcester County , Massachusetts , † December 22, 1875 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician . Between 1863 and 1865 he represented the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After elementary school Abel Wilder worked in trade. He later moved to Rochester , New York , where he also worked in commerce. In 1857 he moved to Leavenworth , Kansas Territory .

Wilder became a member of the Republican Party . In 1859 he was a delegate to the Constituent Assembly in Osawatomie . In 1860 he was a delegate and chairman of the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Abraham Lincoln was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the civil war that followed , he took part for a year as captain of a unit from Kansas. In 1862 Wilder was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Martin F. Conway on March 4, 1863 . Until March 3, 1865 he could only spend one term in Congress , which was overshadowed by the events of the Civil War.

In the years 1864, 1868 and 1872 Wilder was again a delegate at the respective federal party conventions of his party, at which President Lincoln and later Ulysses S. Grant were nominated as presidential candidates. In 1865 Wilder returned to Rochester, New York, where he published two daily newspapers until 1868. In 1872 he was elected mayor of that city. He resigned from this office in 1873. He died two years later in San Francisco, where he was staying for health reasons. Abel Wilder was buried in Rochester.

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SURNAME	Wilder, Abel Carter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1828
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mendon , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	December 22, 1875
Place of death	San Francisco , California