Jacob M. Howard

Jacob M. Howard (around 1865)

Jacob Merritt Howard (* 10. July 1805 in Shaftsbury , Bennington County , Vermont , †  2. April 1871 in Detroit , Michigan ) was an American politician of the Republican Party and both member of the House of Representatives and US senator for the state of Michigan .

biography

After attending county schools, the Academy of Bennington and the Academy of Brattleboro , he studied at Williams College in Williamstown . After graduating in 1830, he studied law and was admitted to the Michigan state bar in 1833 after moving to Detroit in 1832 . He then worked as a lawyer in Detroit before he was appointed to the State Attorney ( City Attorney ) Detroit in 1834 .

In 1838 he began his political career with the election to the House of Representatives from Michigan . After his election as a member of the US House of Representatives, he was a member of the 27th US Congress from March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843, where he represented the interests of the Whig Party . In the 1842 election, however, he decided not to run again and instead worked as a lawyer again. In 1854 he was one of the co-organizers of the first Republican party meeting in Jackson . He was then between 1855 and 1861 Attorney General of Michigan.

As a representative of the Republican Party, he was elected US Senator for Michigan after the death of Kinsley S. Bingham on October 5, 1861 , in order to complete his tenure as holder of the second Senate seat ( Senator Class 2 ) from January 17, 1862 . After his re-election he was a member of the US Senate until March 3, 1871 and died just under a month later.

During his tenure he was from 1863 to 1871 Chairman of the Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads ( US Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads ), the Union Pacific Railroad , Central Pacific Railroad , Missouri Pacific Railroad , Southern Pacific Transportation , Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad , Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad , Northern Pacific Railway and Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad was responsible and promoted the settlement of the United States by building the railway lines.

Web links

• Jacob M. Howard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)