Elbridge G. Spaulding

Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (born February 24, 1809 in Summerhill , Cayuga County , New York , † May 5, 1897 in Buffalo , New York) was an American politician who represented the state of New York in the House of Representatives of the United States .

Spaulding studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1836 and practiced as a lawyer in Batavia . In 1834 Spaulding moved to Buffalo. In 1847 he was there as the successor to Solomon G. Haven held the office of mayor of the city and in 1848 was a member of the New York State Assembly . In the same year he was elected as Whig to the 31st Congress and represented New York State in the House of Representatives from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851. 1854 and 1855 Spaulding held the office of the Treasurer ( State Treasurer ) of New York. He was a Republican from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1863again MP in the House of Representatives. During the Civil War he was a member of the Committee on Ways and Means and here chaired the subcommittee on banking. The Means of Payment Act of February 1862, which introduced the issue of paper money in the form of the “greenback” to finance war, goes back to his proposal . After leaving Congress, he worked in the banking industry in Buffalo.

Web links

Elbridge G. Spaulding in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Remarks

↑ Hans Louis Trefousse: Thaddeus Stevens: Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill 1997, ISBN 0-8078-2335-X , pp. 121f.

personal data
SURNAME	Spaulding, Elbridge G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Spaulding, Elbridge Gerry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 24, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Summerhill , New York
DATE OF DEATH	May 5, 1897
Place of death	Buffalo , New York

[1] Hans Louis Trefousse: Thaddeus Stevens: Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill 1997, ISBN 0-8078-2335-X , pp. 121f.