George H. Durand

George H. Durand

George Harman Durand (born February 21, 1838 in Cobleskill , Schoharie County , New York , †  June 8, 1903 in Flint , Michigan ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Durand attended the public schools in his home country and the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in Lima . In 1856 he moved to Oxford , Michigan, where he worked as a teacher. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1858, he began to work in Flint in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Durand became a member of the Education Committee of his new hometown, Flint, and served on the local council from 1862 to 1867. He was Mayor of Flint in 1873 and 1874. In the congressional election of 1874 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Josiah Begole on March 4, 1875 . Since he in the elections of 1876 the Republicans Mark S. Brewer defeated, he could only one term in until March 3, 1877 Congress completed.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, George Durand initially worked as a lawyer again. In 1892 he was temporarily appointed judge of the Michigan Supreme Court . For many years, Durand served on the State board of law examiners in Michigan . Between 1893 and 1896 he was an assistant special attorney in Oregon . There he dealt among other things with cases of the illegal opium trade. After that he did not hold any other official office. George Durand died on June 8, 1903 in his hometown of Flint, where he was also buried.

Web links

• George H. Durand in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George H. Durand in the database of Find a Grave (English)