Francis B. Spinola

Francis B. Spinola

Francis Barretto Spinola (born March 19, 1821 in Stony Brook , New York , †  April 14, 1891 in Washington, DC ) was an American officer and politician . Between 1887 and 1891 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives ; previously he held the rank of brigadier general in the Union army during the civil war .

Career

Born on Long Island , Francis Spinola attended Quaker Hill Academy in Dutchess County . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1844, he began to work in Brooklyn in this profession. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . He served on the Brooklyn District Council from 1846 and 1847, and from 1849 to 1853. In 1855 he was a member of the New York State Assembly ; from 1858 to 1861 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1860 he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Charleston . In early 1861 he was the Harbor Commissioner of the New York Harbor . During the Civil War, Spinola was Brigadier General of the Volunteers between 1862 and 1865. After the war he worked in the banking and insurance industries.

In the congressional election of 1886 Spinola was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Abram Hewitt on March 4, 1887 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 14, 1891 .

Web links

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

• Francis B. Spinola in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Abram Hewitt	United States House of Representatives for New York (10th constituency) March 4, 1887 - April 14, 1891	William Bourke Cockran