Fernando C. Beaman

Fernando C. Beaman

Fernando Cortez Beaman (born June 28, 1814 in Chester , Vermont , †  September 27, 1882 in Adrian , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1861 and 1871 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1819, Fernando Beaman moved with his parents to a farm in Franklin County , New York . There he attended public schools and the Malone Academy . After that he worked as a teacher himself for some time. In 1836 he moved to Rochester , then two years later to Manchester , Michigan. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1839, he began to work in his new profession. From 1843 he lived in Adrian. Beaman served as the district attorney in Lenawee County until 1850 . He was also the legal representative of the city of Adrian.

Beaman was a founding member of the Michigan Republican Party in 1854 . In 1856 he took part as a delegate at the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , on which John C. Frémont was nominated as a candidate for president. In the same year he was elected mayor of Adrian. Between 1856 and 1860, Beaman was a probate judge in Lenawee County.

In the congressional election of 1860 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Henry Waldron on March 4, 1861 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1871 . Since 1863 he represented there as the successor of Bradley F. Granger the first district of his state. Until 1865, the work of Congress was shaped by the events of the Civil War . Thereafter, there were heated discussions between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson about the Reconstruction , which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment proceedings against the president. In 1868 Alaska came under American administration. From 1865 to 1867, Beaman was chairman of the Road and Canal Construction Committee.

In 1870, Beaman renounced another candidacy. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer in Adrian. He was then elected probate judge in Lenawee County in 1872 and 1876. After the death of US Senator Zachariah Chandler , Beaman was nominated as his successor. For health reasons, however, he declined this appointment. For the same reason, he renounced a seat on the Supreme Court of his state. He also had to turn down an offer for a position with the Bureau of Indian Affairs . Fernando Beaman died in Adrian on September 27, 1882.

Web links

• Fernando C. Beaman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Fernando C. Beaman in the database of Find a Grave (English)