Edward S. Bragg

Edward S. Bragg

Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (born February 20, 1827 in Unadilla , Otsego County , New York , †  June 20, 1912 in Fond du Lac , Wisconsin ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1887 he represented the state of Wisconsin twice in the US House of Representatives ; from 1888 to 1889 he was the United States Ambassador to Mexico .

Career

Edward Bragg attended the public schools of his home country and then what is now Hobart College in Geneva . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1848, he began to work in his new profession in Unadilla. In 1850 he moved to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, where he also practiced as a lawyer. In 1853 he became a district attorney in his new home .

Politically, Bragg was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1860 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Charleston . During the Civil War , Bragg served as an officer in the Union Army . He rose from captain to brigadier general . After the war, in 1866, he became a postman in Fond Du Lac. Between 1868 and 1869 he was a member of the Wisconsin Senate . In the years 1872, 1880 and 1896 he was again a delegate at the respective federal party conventions of the Democrats. In 1874 he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate : he was defeated by the Republican Angus Cameron .

In the congressional election of 1876 , Bragg was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Samuel D. Burchard on March 4, 1877 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1883 . From 1877 to 1879 he was chairman of the Ministry of Justice's expenditure control committee; from 1879 to 1881 he headed the committee that dealt with war claims . In 1882, Bragg declined to run for the US House of Representatives again. Two years later, in 1884, he applied for a return to Congress in the second district of Wisconsin. After his election victory, he was able to replace Daniel H. Sumner there on March 4, 1885 . Since he was no longer running in 1886, he could only remain in the House of Representatives for one more term until March 3, 1887, during which he was chairman of the military committee.

After leaving the Congress, Bragg initially worked as a lawyer again. Between January 16, 1888 and May 27, 1889 he was US ambassador to Mexico. In 1902 he became the American consul in Havana , Cuba ; from 1903 to 1906 he held the same office in Hong Kong . After that, he retired. Edward Bragg died on June 20, 1912 in Fond du Lac.

Web links

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• Edward S. Bragg in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward S. Bragg in the database of Find a Grave (English)