Dudley C. Haskell

Dudley C. Haskell

Dudley Chase Haskell (born March 23, 1842 in Springfield , Vermont , † December 16, 1883 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1883 he represented the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1855, Dudley Haskell moved with his parents to Lawrence , Kansas. In 1857 and 1858 he returned to Vermont to attend public schools in Springfield. After that he traded in shoes. Between 1859 and 1861, Haskell participated in the Colorado gold rush . During this time he lived near Pikes Peak . At the beginning of the Civil War he was on the staff of the Quartermaster of the Union Army until 1862, who was responsible for the states of Missouri , Arkansas and Kansas. Then he resigned from the military to continue his training. In 1863 he attended Williston Seminary in Massachusetts . He then studied until 1865 at Yale College , now Yale University . He later returned to Lawrence, Kansas, where he again sold shoes between 1865 and 1867.

Haskell was a member of the Republican Party . He was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives in 1872, 1875 and 1876, and became president in 1876. In the 1876 congressional election, held in Kansas state-wide, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington. There he took over from John R. Goodin on March 4, 1877 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on December 16, 1883 . From March 1881 to March 1883 he was chairman of the Indian Committee. Dudley Haskell was buried in Lawrence. After a by-election, his mandate went to Edward H. Funston .

Web links

• Dudley C. Haskell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Dudley C. Haskell in the database of Find a Grave (English)