Harmon S. Conger

Harmon S. Conger

Harmon Sweatland Conger (born April 9, 1816 in Freeport , New York , † October 22, 1882 in Janesville , Wisconsin ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1847 and 1851 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Harmon Sweatland Conger was born in Cortland County during the British-American War . He attended the local academy in Cortland in 1833 . Then he studied law . After receiving his license to practice law in 1844, he began practicing in Cortland. Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party . Between 1840 and 1845 he was the editor and owner of the Cortland County Whig newspaper .

In the congressional elections of 1846 , Conger was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 25th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded George O. Rathbun on March 4, 1847 . He was re-elected once and then dropped out after the March 3, 1851 Congress of.

After his time in Congress, he went back to his practice as a lawyer in Cortland. In 1855 he moved to Janesville, Rock County . He continued to practice as a lawyer there. In 1870 he was elected judge at the district court. At that point the civil war had ended for about five years. He was re-elected in 1877 and held the post until his death. He died in Janesville on October 22, 1882 and was then buried in Oak Hill Cemetery .

literature

• Cortland County And The Border Wars Of New York , HC Goodwin, 1859, p. 291.
• Where They're Buried , Thomas E. Spencer, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1998, p. 235.

Web links

• Harmon S. Conger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Harmon S. Conger in the database of Find a Grave (English)