Nathaniel Cobb Deering

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Nathaniel Cobb Deering

Nathaniel Cobb Deering (born September 2, 1827 in Denmark , Oxford County , Maine , †  December 11, 1887 in Osage , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1883 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nathaniel Deering attended his homeland public schools and the North Bridgeton Academy . He then worked as a teacher and shop clerk before he took part in the California gold rush in 1850 . Two years later he returned to Maine with some fortune. There he produced paper in his own factory until it was destroyed by fire in 1856. Deering was an MP in the Maine House of Representatives from 1855 to 1856 .

In 1857 Deering moved to Osage, Iowa. There he got into the timber business. He also ran a sawmill. Through his acquaintance with the then Vice President Hannibal Hamlin , he received an administrative position in the US Senate , which he held until 1865. Between 1865 and 1869, Deering served as the Department of Post's special envoy for the Minnesota , Iowa, and Nebraska Postal Districts . From 1872 to 1877 he was a bank auditor for the state of Iowa.

Deering was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1876 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Iowa , where he succeeded Henry Otis Pratt on March 4, 1877 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1883 . Between 1881 and 1883 he was chairman of the State Department's Expenditure Control Committee.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Deering got involved in agriculture. He also got into the ranching business in Montana . At the time of his death, he was president of a large ranching company. Nathaniel Deering died of malaria on December 11, 1887 in Osage .

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SURNAME Deering, Nathaniel Cobb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Denmark , Maine
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1887
Place of death Osage , Iowa