Carman A. Newcomb

Carman A. Newcomb

Carman Adam Newcomb (born July 1, 1830 in Mercer , Mercer County , Pennsylvania , †  April 6, 1902 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1867 and 1869 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Carman Newcomb first attended preparatory schools and then moved via Kentucky to Shreveport , Louisiana , where he studied law. In 1854 he settled in West Union ( Iowa down), where he practiced as a lawyer. Between 1855 and 1860 he served as a district judge in the local Fayette County . Between June 18, 1861 and April 8, 1862, he was a captain in an Iowa volunteer infantry unit that was part of the Union Army during the first phase of the Civil War . Then Newcomb had to quit military service for health reasons. He then moved to Vineland , Missouri, where he worked as a lawyer. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

Newcomb was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866 . In the congressional election of 1866 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of his state , where he succeeded Henry Taylor Blow on March 4, 1867 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1868, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1869 . This was marked by the tensions between his party and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment proceedings against the president. In 1868 the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

Between 1869 and 1875, Carman Newcomb was US Marshal for the eastern part of the state of Missouri. After that he worked as a lawyer again. He died on April 6, 1902 in St. Louis.

Web links

• Carman A. Newcomb in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Carman A. Newcomb in the database of Find a Grave (English)