Bainbridge Wadleigh

Bainbridge Wadleigh

Bainbridge Wadleigh (* 4. January 1831 in Bradford , Merrimack County , New Hampshire ; †  24. January 1891 in Boston ) was an American politician of the Republican Party .

Life

After attending elementary school and later a private school, Wadleigh studied law . In 1850 he was admitted to the bar; subsequently he practiced as a lawyer in Milford .

politics

His political activity was initially limited to the state of New Hampshire, whose House of Representatives he was a member of the Republicans from 1855 to 1856, then again from 1859 to 1860 and finally from 1869 to 1872. In Milford, he also served as the leader of the local council for six terms.

His nomination for the US Senate on the evening of June 13, 1872 came as a surprise to Wadleigh himself; he hadn't applied for it. A caucus from the Republican Party of New Hampshire decided on the candidacy . The favorite was the incumbent James W. Patterson , who was also in the lead after the first three ballots; Wadleigh rose from three to 18 votes during this period. In the fourth ballot he received 39 votes. The decision was made in the fifth round: 152 delegates voted for Wadleigh, 58 for all other candidates, including the former governor of New Hampshire, Onslow Stearns . The election to the Senate was finally made by the state parliament of New Hampshire.

Bainbridge Wadleigh served in the Senate from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879. There was no immediate re-election because the New Hampshire Parliament first had to agree. Charles Henry Bell initially took the place as an interim candidate, only to vacate it later for the official successor. Wadleigh tried to re-nominate his party, but lost after a series of ballots Henry W. Blair .

During his time in the Senate, he was Chairman of the Patent Committee and was a member of the Electoral Committee. After his missed re-election, he settled as a lawyer in Boston, where he died in 1891; he was buried in Milford.

Web links

• Bainbridge Wadleigh in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Bainbridge Wadleigh in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• New York Times article on Wadleigh's Senate nomination (pdf)