George Cochrane Hazelton

George Cochrane Hazelton

George Cochrane Hazelton (born January 3, 1832 in Chester , Rockingham County , New Hampshire , †  September 4, 1922 there ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1883 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Hazelton was a younger brother of Gerry Whiting Hazelton (1829-1920), who also represented the state of Wisconsin in Congress between 1871 and 1875 . He was also a nephew of Clark B. Cochrane (1815-1867), who sat between 1857 and 1861 for the state of New York in the US House of Representatives. George Hazelton attended his home public schools and the Pinkerton Academy . He then went to the Dummer Academy in Massachusetts . In 1858 he graduated from Union College in Schenectady . After studying law and his admission as a lawyer in 1858, he began to work in his new profession in Boscobel (Wisconsin) in 1863 . Between 1864 and 1868, Hazelton was a district attorney in Grant County .

Politically, Hazelton was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1867 and 1871 he was a member of the Wisconsin Senate ; from 1869 he was its president. In the congressional elections of 1876 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Henry S. Magoon on March 4, 1877 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1883. From 1881 he was chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads there .

In the run-up to the 1882 elections, Hazelton was not nominated for another term by his party. He stayed in the federal capital Washington and worked there as a lawyer. Between 1889 and 1893 he was District Attorney for the District of Columbia under President Benjamin Harrison . After that, Hazelton did not hold any other public offices. He died on September 4, 1922 at the age of 90 during a visit to his native Chester. He was then buried in Schenectady.

Web links

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

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