George Williams Cassidy

George Williams Cassidy (born April 25, 1836 in Paris , Bourbon County , Kentucky , † June 24, 1892 in Reno , Nevada ) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1885 he represented the state of Nevada in the US House of Representatives .

Early years and political advancement

George Cassidy attended both public and private schools. Afterwards he studied law, but without ever working as a lawyer. In 1870 he moved to Eureka , where he became involved in the newspaper business. Cassidy was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1872 and 1879 he was a member of the Nevada Senate ; in 1879 he was its chairman.

Cassidy in Congress

In the congressional election of 1880 he was able to prevail against incumbent Rollin M. Daggett of the Republican Party and move into the US House of Representatives. After a re-election in 1882, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress between March 4, 1881 and March 3, 1885. There he was chairman of the committee that dealt with the railways in the western United States ( Pacific Railroads ). In 1884 he lost in a renewed candidacy against William Woodburn .

Another résumé

After his tenure in Congress ended, Cassidy was appointed by President Grover Cleveland to oversee the banks in Nevada, Utah , California, and Colorado . He held this position between 1886 and 1890. In 1888 and 1890 he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. In 1892 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention , where ex-President Cleveland was again nominated as a presidential candidate. In the same year he was then put up for the congressional elections. But he died before the elections in Reno.

Web links

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

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