John S. Harris

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John S. Harris

John Spafford Harris (born December 18, 1825 in Truxton , Cortland County , New York , †  January 25, 1906 in Butte , Montana ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Louisiana in the US Senate .

After attending school, Harris first moved to DuPage County , Illinois , and then to Milwaukee in 1846 . He was employed there as a secretary in a trading company and at the same time improved his education. In 1863 he finally settled in Natchez , Louisiana, where he became one of the largest cotton growers in the state until the end of the Civil War .

After the war ended, he took part in the Louisiana Constitutional Convention in 1868. In the period leading up to the adoption of the constitution, a seven-member committee directed the fortunes of the state, to which Harris belonged. Subsequently, he also moved into the State Senate in 1868 , before taking one of the two seats of the state in the US Senate on July 8 of the same year after the establishment of Louisiana's political rights. He was the first Republican to represent Louisiana on this body until he left Congress on March 3, 1871 .

Harris took his next public office on November 21, 1881, when US President Chester A. Arthur appointed him the chief surveyor ( Surveyor general ) for Montana. He died in this state in January 1906.

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  • John S. Harris in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Harris, John S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harris, John Spafford
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Truxton , New York
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1906
Place of death Butte , Montana