John B. Alley

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John B. Alley

John Bassett Alley (born January 7, 1817 in Lynn , Massachusetts , †  January 19, 1896 in West Newton , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1867 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Alley attended the public schools in his home country and then did an apprenticeship as a shoemaker, which he dropped out at the age of 19. In 1836 he moved to Cincinnati , Ohio . For the next two years he worked in the Mississippi freight business . He then returned to his birthplace, Lynn, where he again worked in the shoe industry. In 1847 he opened a leather goods store in Boston . At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1850 he was a member of the Lynn Parish Council. From 1847 to 1851 Alley was a member of the governor's advisory board ; in 1852 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate . A year later he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Massachusetts Constitution . He became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 .

In the congressional election of 1858 , Alley was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Timothy Davis on March 4, 1859 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1867 . Since 1863 he represented the fifth district of his state as the successor to Samuel Hooper . From 1861 to 1865, Alley was chairman of the Postal Committee. His time as a congressman was shaped by events before, during, and after the Civil War . Since 1865, the work of Congress has been shaped by tensions between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial.

In 1866, Alley renounced another congressional candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad . In 1886 he retired. He died on January 19, 1896 in West Newton.

Web links

  • John B. Alley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Alley, John B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alley, John Bassett (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Lynn , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1896
Place of death West Newton , Massachusetts