Martin veal

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Martin Kalbfleisch (born February 8, 1804 in Vlissingen , Netherlands , † February 12, 1873 in Brooklyn , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1863 and 1865 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

biography

Veal attended public schools and then studied chemistry . At the age of 18, he boarded a ship with an American captain and traveled to Sumatra to do business there. After his arrival, he fell ill with cholera and returned to Europe due to illness. He then entered into a partnership with an American and spent the next four years in Le Havre ( France ). In 1826 he immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City , where he made and sold paint. He was active as a health warden in 1832 and as a school trustee in 1836 . Then he set up a chemical plant in Greenpoint in 1844 . Between 1852 and 1854 he was the Town Supervisor of Bushwick . He ran for the post of Mayor of Brooklyn in 1854, but suffered one defeat. The following year he was elected Alderman in Brooklyn, a position he held until 1861. In the same year the civil war broke out. During that time, he was mayor of Brooklyn from 1862 to 1864.

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1862 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of New York , where he succeeded Moses F. Odell on March 4, 1863 . He retired from the after March 3, 1865 Congress of. About a month later the civil war ended. The following year he attended the National Union Convention in Philadelphia . He was again Mayor of Brooklyn between 1867 and 1871. His re-election as an independent was unsuccessful. Thereupon he withdrew from the political stage. He was buried in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery .

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Web links

  • Martin Kalbfleisch in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Veal, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Flushing , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1873
Place of death Brooklyn , New York