Moses W. Field

Moses Whelock Field (born February 10, 1828 in Watertown , Jefferson County , New York , †  March 14, 1889 in Detroit , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In his youth, Moses Field moved with his parents to Cato , Cayuga County , where he attended public schools. In 1844 he settled in Detroit, where he worked in commerce and agriculture. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . From 1863 to 1865 he was a member of the Detroit City Council.

In the congressional elections of 1872 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Henry Waldron , who moved to the second district on March 4, 1873 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Alpheus S. Williams in the elections of 1874 , he could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1875 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Moses Field became one of the founders of the short-lived Greenback Party . In May 1876 he organized their first federal party conference in Indianapolis . In 1888 he became a board member of the University of Michigan . Moses Field spent his twilight years on his farm "Linden Lawn" in Hamtramck , a suburb of Detroit, where he died on March 14, 1889.

Web links

• Moses W. Field in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Moses W. Field in the database of Find a Grave (English)