Alanson M. Kimball

Alanson M. Kimball

Alanson Mellen Kimball (born March 12, 1827 in Buxton , York County , Maine , †  May 26, 1913 in Pine River , Wisconsin ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After a good education, Alanson Kimball moved to Wisconsin in 1852, where he worked in agriculture and trade. In his new home he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . He served in the Wisconsin Senate in 1863 and 1864 .

In the 1874 congressional election , Kimball was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Philetus Sawyer on March 4, 1875 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Gabriel Bouck in the elections of 1876 , he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1877 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Kimball worked in the lumber business. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where James G. Blaine was nominated as a presidential candidate. He died on May 26, 1913 in Pine River and was buried there.

Web links

• Alanson M. Kimball in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alanson M. Kimball in the database of Find a Grave (English)