Luman Hamlin Weller

Luman Hamlin Weller (born August 24, 1833 in Bridgewater , Litchfield County , Connecticut , †  March 2, 1914 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Luman Weller attended elementary school in New Britain and then the Suffield Literary Institute in Connecticut. He then worked as a farmer and justice of the peace. He also worked as a private lawyer.

Weller joined the short-lived Greenback Party and was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in 1882 as its candidate for the fourth constituency of Iowa . There he took over on March 4, 1883, succeeding Republican Nathaniel Cobb Deering . Since he was defeated by the Republican William E. Fuller in the elections of 1884 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1885 .

After serving in the US House of Representatives, he co-owned and edited the weekly Farmer's Advocate, which was published in Independence . At that time he joined the short-lived Populist Party , on whose federal executive committee he was between 1890 and 1914. He twice ran unsuccessfully for a judge's position on the Iowa Supreme Court. In 1901, Weller was an unsuccessful candidate for his party in the Iowa gubernatorial election .

Luman Weller died in Minneapolis on March 2, 1914 and was buried near Nashua, Iowa.

Web links

• Luman Hamlin Weller in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Luman Hamlin Weller in the database of Find a Grave (English)