Nathaniel B. Durfee

Nathaniel B. Durfee (1859)

Nathaniel Briggs Durfee (born September 29, 1812 in Tiverton , Rhode Island , †  November 9, 1872 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1859 he represented the first constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After elementary school, Nathaniel Durfee worked in agriculture, especially in the field of fruit growing. He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives for eleven years . Politically, he joined the American Party , also known as the Know-Nothing Party . In 1854 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the first district of Rhode Island against the Democrat Thomas Davis . There he became his successor on March 4, 1855. During his first term in Congress , which ran until March 3, 1857 , he joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854 . As their candidate, he was confirmed in his mandate in 1856. This allowed Durfee to complete two legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1859. He was the first Republican to represent Rhode Island as an MP there. His entire time in Congress was determined by the discussions and events leading up to the civil war .

After the end of his political activities in the federal capital, Durfee worked again in his old profession as a fruit grower. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Abraham Lincoln was nominated as the party's presidential candidate. Durfee later became an administrative clerk ( County Clerk ) in Newport County . He held this office until his death in 1872.

Web links

• Nathaniel B. Durfee in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nathan B. Durfee in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard