Alfred P. Stone

Alfred Parish Stone (born June 28, 1813 in Worthington , Hampshire County , Massachusetts , †  August 2, 1865 in Columbus , Ohio ) was an American politician . In 1844 and 1845 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alfred Stone attended the public schools in his home country. In 1832 he moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he traded dry goods . Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . After the death of MP Heman A. Moore , Stone was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on October 8, 1844, when the by-election was due for Ohio's tenth seat . Since he was no longer running for the following legislative period, he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1845 . This time was determined by the discussions leading up to the Mexican-American War .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Stone resumed his previous activities. As a staunch opponent of slavery , he was one of the founders of the Republican Party in 1854 , of which he was a member of the state executive for some time. He became director of the Ohio Penitentiary and campaign manager for Salmon P. Chase . After his election as governor of Ohio and the resignation of his predecessor, he appointed Stone as treasury secretary of the state. He held this office until 1862; then he became the head of the tax authorities for the Columbus district. He held this position until his death. In 1865 he hit the headlines when he was accused of taking advantage of his relationships with Chase, who was US Treasury Secretary during the Civil War and Chief Justice since 1864 , to get rich. An investigation found that Stone owed $ 100,000 in debt from business losses, betting debt, and a drinking problem, which is roughly $ 1.8 million today. He tried unsuccessfully to compensate for this debt by playing more games at the card table. Finally, on August 2, 1865, he committed suicide at the grave of two of his children.

Web links

• Alfred P. Stone in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Alfred P. Stone in the database of Find a Grave (English)