Joseph Cilley

Joseph Cilley

Joseph Cilley (born January 4, 1791 in Nottingham , Rockingham County , New Hampshire , †  September 16, 1887 ibid) was an American politician who represented the state of New Hampshire in the US Senate .

Joseph Cilley is named after his grandfather, Joseph Cilley , who fought as an officer in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War and later served in the New Hampshire Senate . His uncle Bradbury Cilley sat for New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives , his younger brother Jonathan as the representative of the State of Maine.

After graduating from Atkinson Academy , Joseph Cilley joined the US Army and fought as an officer in an infantry regiment during the British-American War . Among other things, he took part in the battle at Chrysler's Farm and was wounded during the battle at Lundy's Lane : a musket ball hit him in the leg and caused a broken bone. He later earned the rank of Captain and in 1817 was Quartermaster of the New Hampshire Militia; In 1821 he was promoted to division inspector.

Following his military career, Cilley initially served as an adjutant to New Hampshire Governor Benjamin Pierce in 1827 . After the resignation of US Senator Levi Woodbury , he was elected as a Democrat as his regular successor; on June 13, 1846 he replaced the provisionally appointed Benning W. Jenness in this office . Cilley, who in the meantime also belonged to the short-lived Liberty Party , only remained in Congress until March 3, 1847 , as he failed in the attempt to re - elect the Free Soil candidate John Parker Hale . He then retired to his farm in Nottingham. At the time of his death in September 1887, he was the oldest former U.S. Senator.

Web links

• Joseph Cilley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph Cilley in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Joseph Cilley at The Political Graveyard