Francis B. Brewer

Francis B. Brewer

Francis Beattie Brewer (born October 8, 1820 in Keene , New Hampshire , †  July 29, 1892 in Westfield , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Francis Brewer attended both Barnet public schools and Newberry Seminary , both in Vermont . He also graduated from the Kimball Union Academy in Meriden and then in 1843 Dartmouth College in Hanover . After a subsequent medical degree, also at Dartmouth College , and his license as a doctor in 1846, he began to practice in this profession, which he practiced between 1849 and 1861 in various cities in Vermont, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania . In Titusville, Pennsylvania, he got into the oil and wood business. In 1861 he moved to Westfield, New York, where he worked in banking, crafts and agriculture. During the Civil War he was a major state military agent .

After the war, Brewer embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1868 and 1879 he was a member of the district council in Chautauqua County ; in June 1872 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , on which President Ulysses S. Grant was nominated for re-election. Brewer was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1873 and 1874 . For four years he was the director of the federal government for the Union Pacific Railroad . In 1881 he took over the management of the state mental hospital in Buffalo .

In the 1882 congressional election , Brewer was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 33rd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Henry Van Aernam on March 4, 1883 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1884, he could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1885 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Brewer returned to work as a doctor. He died in Westfield on July 29, 1892.

Web links

• Francis B. Brewer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry Van Aernam	United States House of Representatives for New York (33rd constituency) March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885	John B. Weber