Hugh H. Price

Hugh Hiram Price (born December 2, 1859 in Black River Falls , Jackson County , Wisconsin , †  December 25, 1904 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American politician . In 1887 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hugh Price was a son of Congressman William T. Price (1824–1886). He attended the public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison . Then he worked in the wood industry. In 1885 and 1886 he was on the local council in his hometown. He was also on the Jackson County county council. In 1885 he also served as the secretary of the agricultural society in this district. Politically, Price was a member of the Republican Party .

After the death of his father, who was a congressman at the time, Hugh Price was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the eighth seat of Wisconsin , where he took his new seat on January 18, 1887 started. Until March 3, 1887, he could only end the current legislative period in Congress . Then Nils P. Haugen , who was elected in the regular elections in 1886 , succeeded him.

After he left the US House of Representatives, Hugh Price resumed his previous activities. In 1889 he was elected to the Wisconsin Senate. In 1894 he moved to Silver City , New Mexico , where he took part in silver mining. He then went to Phoenix in Arizona Territory . There he headed the land surveying authority for two years. Price then retired, which he spent in Denver. He died there on December 25, 1904.

Web links

• Hugh H. Price in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hugh H. Price in the database of Find a Grave (English)