George Ainslie

George Ainslie (born October 30, 1838 in Boonville , Cooper County , Missouri , † May 19, 1913 in Oakland , California ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the Idaho Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

George Ainslie attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1857 the Saint Louis University and the Jesuit College in St. Louis . After completing a law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1860. He then began practicing this profession in his hometown of Boonville. He came to the Idaho Territory via Colorado in 1862. There he worked both in the mining industry and as a lawyer.

Political career

George Ainslie became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1865 and 1866 he was a member of the Territorial House of Representatives. Between 1869 and 1873 Ainslie was the editor of the Idaho World newspaper. He then served from 1874 to 1876 as a district attorney in the Idaho Territory's second legal district. In 1878 he was elected as his party's candidate for a delegate in the US House of Representatives, where he replaced Stephen Southmyd Fenn on March 4, 1879 . After a re-election in 1880 Ainslie could exercise his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1883. In the congressional elections of 1882 he was defeated by the Republican Theodore Frelinghuysen Singiser .

After retiring from Washington , Ainslie retired from politics. In Boise he built the city's first electric tram. He later moved to Oakland, where he died in 1913. After his death, his urn was buried in the San Francisco Columbarium .

Web links

• George Ainslie in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George Ainslie in the database of Find a Grave (English)