Mark S. Brewer

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Mark S. Brewer

Mark Spencer Brewer (born October 22, 1837 in Addison , Oakland County , Michigan , †  March 18, 1901 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1891 he twice represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Mark Brewer attended public schools in his home country. After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1864, he began working in his new profession in Pontiac . In the years 1866 and 1867 he was the legal representative of this community; from 1866 to 1869 he served as a Court Commissioner in Oakland County.

Politically, Brewer was a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Michigan Senate from 1872 to 1874 . In the congressional elections of 1876 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the sixth constituency of his state, where he succeeded the Democrat George H. Durand on March 4, 1877 . After re-election in 1878, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1881 . During this time, the reconstruction in the states of the former Confederation ended .

Between 1881 and 1885 Brewer was the American consul in Berlin . In the elections of 1886 he was re-elected to Congress in the Sixth District of Michigan. There he replaced the Democrat Edwin B. Winans on March 4, 1887 . After re-election in 1888, he was able to spend two more terms in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1891. In 1890 Brewer renounced another congressional candidacy. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer. In 1896 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in St. Louis , where William McKinley was nominated as a presidential candidate. From 1898 until his death, Brewer was a member of the Civil Service Commission . Mark Brewer died on March 18, 1901 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in Pontiac.

Web links

  • Mark S. Brewer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Brewer, Mark S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brewer, Mark Spencer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Addison , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1901
Place of death Washington, DC