David A. Noble

David Addison Noble (born November 9, 1802 in Williamstown , Massachusetts , †  October 13, 1876 in Monroe , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Noble first attended a private school in Plainfield and then until 1825 Williams College in his hometown of Williamstown. After studying law in Albany and New York City and being admitted to the bar in 1831, he began to work in his new profession in New York City. That same year he moved to Monroe, Michigan , where he continued to practice as a lawyer. He also worked there as a city recorder . He served in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1847 and 1848 ; In 1852 he was elected mayor of Monroe, where he had previously served two terms as city councilor. Noble also worked intermittently as a prosecutor and probate judge in Monroe County .

Politically, Noble was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1852 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Charles E. Stuart on March 4, 1853 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Henry Waldron in the elections of 1854 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1855 . This was shaped by the events and discussions leading up to the civil war .

Between 1858 and 1862 Noble was a manager of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad Railroad Company . In 1864 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where George B. McClellan was nominated as a presidential candidate. David Noble died on October 13, 1876 in Monroe and was buried there.

Web links

• David A. Noble in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David A. Noble in the database of Find a Grave (English)