Matthew H. Carpenter

Matthew H. Carpenter

Matthew Hale Carpenter (born December 22, 1824 in Moretown , Washington County , Vermont as Decatur Merritt Hammond Carpenter , † February 24, 1881 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician who represented the state of Wisconsin in the US Senate .

Carpenter attended public schools in Vermont and later the US Military Academy at West Point , where he was educated from 1843 to 1845. He then studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1847 and then began to practice in Boston . In 1848 he moved to Beloit , Wisconsin, where he dropped his maiden name and became known as Matthew Hale Carpenter. From 1850 to 1854 he was the district attorney for Rock County .

Before the outbreak of the civil war , Carpenter belonged to the Democratic Party and was a member of the Douglas wing; then he went over to the Republicans . For his new party he was elected to the US Senate in 1868, where he remained from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1875; the re-election attempt was unsuccessful. During his tenure, he was, among other things, chairman of the Committee on Control of Expenses , which later became the Committee on Rules and Administration ; He was also from March 1873 to January 1875 President pro tempore of the Senate .

As a result, Carpenter worked again as a lawyer in Washington and Milwaukee , before he was re-elected to the Senate in 1878. However, he died during his tenure on February 24, 1881 in Washington.

Web links

• Matthew H. Carpenter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Matthew H. Carpenter in the database of Find a Grave (English)