Albert G. Talbott

Albert G. Talbott (1859)

Albert Gallatin Talbott (born April 4, 1808 in Paris , Bourbon County , Kentucky , †  September 9, 1887 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1859 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1813, Albert Talbott came to Clark County with his parents . Three years later the family moved on to Jessamine County , where he attended Forrest Hill Academy . He then studied law, but without ever practicing as a lawyer. Instead, Talbott worked in agriculture and commerce. Later he also got into the real estate business. From 1846 he lived in Danville . Politically, Talbott was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1849 he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the state constitution; the following year he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives .

In the congressional election of 1854 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded James Chrisman on March 4, 1855 . After a re-election in 1856, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1859 . From 1857 he was chairman of the Committee for the Control of Expenditures of the Ministry of Post. His years in Washington were marked by the tension leading up to the civil war .

After his time in Congress, Albert Talbott returned to real estate. Between 1869 and 1873 he was a member of the Kentucky Senate . In 1883 he was once again a member of the House of Representatives of his state. He then moved to Chestnut Hill , Pennsylvania, where he worked in agriculture. He died in Philadelphia on September 9, 1887 and was buried in Danville.

Web links

• Albert G. Talbott in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Albert G. Talbott in the database of Find a Grave (English)