Abraham Dowdney

Abraham Dowdney

Abraham Dowdney (born October 31, 1841 in Youghal , Ireland , † December 10, 1886 in New York City ) was an American politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives in 1885 and 1886 .

Career

Abraham Dowdney was born in Youghal during the Victorian Age . He and his widowed mother immigrated to the United States in 1853 and settled in New York City. He attended private schools there. He then worked as a plumber ( plumber ). He later worked in construction. During the civil war he enlisted in the Union Army . He served as a Captain in the years 1862 and 1863 in the 132nd  Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry . During this time he took part in the fighting in Virginia and North Carolina . After the war he married. His wife's family ran a successful business. In the following time he worked in the New York hinterland in railway construction. Between 1882 and 1885 he chaired the Board of Public School Trustees of New York City. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1884 congressional election for the 49th Congress , Dowdney was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Waldo Hutchins on March 4, 1885 . Dowdney declined to run again in 1886 , but died before the end of his term of office as a result of a stroke on December 10, 1886 in New York City. His body was then interred in Calvary Cemetery in Long Island City .

Web links

• Abraham Dowdney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Abraham Dowdney in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Abraham Dowdney on The Political Graveyard website