Twichell Ginery

Twichell Ginery

Ginery Twichell (born August 26, 1811 in Athol , Worcester County , Massachusetts , †  July 23, 1883 in Brookline , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1867 and 1873 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ginery Twichell attended public schools in his home country. After that he became the owner of several stagecoach lines. Since 1848 he was also active in the railroad business. In 1857 he became president of the Boston and Worcester Railroad . Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1864 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention , at which President Abraham Lincoln was nominated for re-election.

In the congressional election of 1866 , Twichell was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Alexander H. Rice on March 4, 1867 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1873 . Since 1865, the work of Congress has been overshadowed by tension between Republicans and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial.

In 1872 Twichell renounced a new congressional candidacy. Between 1870 (when he was a Congressman) and 1874 he was President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway . Until 1878 he was also President of the Boston, Barre and Gardner Railroad . He died in Brookline on July 23, 1883.

Web links

• Ginery Twichell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ginery Twichell in the database of Find a Grave (English)