Latimer Whipple Ballou

Latimer Whipple Ballou

Latimer Whipple Ballou (born March 1, 1812 in Cumberland , Rhode Island , † May 9, 1900 in Woonsocket , Rhode Island) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1881 he represented the second constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Latimer Ballou attended public schools in his home country. In 1828 he moved to Cambridge , Massachusetts , where he completed an apprenticeship as a printer in the printing works of Harvard University . Ballou remained in the newspaper business until 1842. In 1835 he founded the Cambridge Press newspaper. In 1842 Ballou moved to Woonsocket, Rhode Island. There he worked in the banking business from 1850. In 1856 he helped found and build the Republican Party in Rhode Island. In 1872 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , on which US President Ulysses S. Grant was nominated for a second term.

In the congressional election of 1874 Ballou was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington , where he succeeded James M. Pendleton on March 4, 1875 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete a total of three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1881 . In 1880 Ballou decided not to run again. He returned to Woonsocket, where he resumed his previous activities. He died there on May 9, 1900.

Web links

• Latimer Whipple Ballou in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Latimer Whipple Ballou in the database of Find a Grave (English)