Loren Fletcher

Loren Fletcher

Loren Fletcher (born April 10, 1833 in Mount Vernon , Maine , †  April 15, 1919 in Atlanta , Georgia ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1907 he twice represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Loren Fletcher attended his home public schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary in Kents Hill ( Readfield ). In 1853 he moved to Bangor . There he worked as a stonemason and as a shop clerk. At times he was also employed by a wood processing company. In 1856 Fletcher moved to Minneapolis , Minnesota. There he was mainly active in the timber trade. After the First National Bank was founded there in 1864 , he became a board member of this financial institution.

Politically, Fletcher was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1872 and 1886 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota ; In 1880, he was a follower of Charles A. Gilman its Speaker . In the congressional election of 1892 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Kittel Halvorson on March 4, 1893 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1903 . During this time, the Spanish-American War of 1898 took place . From 1901 to 1903, Fletcher served as chairman of the Committee to Monitor Government Real Estate Spending.

In the elections of 1902 Loren Fletcher was defeated by the Democrat John Lind . In the next election in 1904 Fletcher managed to win back his seat in the US House of Representatives. There he completed another legislative period between March 4, 1905 and March 3, 1907. In 1906 he renounced another candidacy. After his tenure in Congress ended, Fletcher retired from politics and business. He retired the following years up to his death in Atlanta in April 1919.

Web links

• Loren Fletcher in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Loren Fletcher in the database of Find a Grave (English)