David Archibald Harvey

David Archibald Harvey

David Archibald Harvey (born March 20, 1845 in Stewiak , Nova Scotia , Canada , † May 24, 1916 in Hope , New Mexico ) was an American politician . Between 1890 and 1893 he represented the Oklahoma Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Harvey arrived in Clermont County , Ohio with his parents in 1852 , where he attended public schools. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . After the war, Harvey studied law at Miami University in Oxford . After he was admitted to the bar in 1868, he began to work in his new profession in Topeka ( Kansas ). David Harvey was an attorney for the City of Topeka between 1871 and 1881 and was a probate judge from 1881 to 1889. In 1889 he moved to Wyandotte in what is now Oklahoma .

Harvey was a member of the Republican Party . In 1890 he was elected as his party's candidate for the first delegate of the Oklahoma Territory to the US House of Representatives. He was able to exercise this mandate until March 3, 1893. After he was not re-elected in 1892, Harvey returned to practice as a lawyer. Among other things, he represented the interests of some Indian tribes.

Web links

• David Archibald Harvey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Archibald Harvey in the database of Find a Grave (English)