Nathaniel H. Odell

Nathaniel Holmes Odell (born October 10, 1828 in Greenburgh , New York , † October 30, 1904 in Tarrytown , New York) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1877 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nathaniel Holmes Odell attended private schools. He then worked in the steamship business on the North River . Between 1857 and 1861 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . He founded the First National Bank in Tarrytown, where he worked from 1,862 to 1,864 as a cashier ( cashier ). In 1866 he was appointed County Treasurer in Westchester County elected and re-elected in 1869 and 1872nd Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1874 congressional elections for the 44th Congress , Odell was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Charles St. John on March 4, 1875 . Since he on a run again in 1876 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1877 Congress of.

After his time at the congress he went into real estate business. Between 1887 and 1892 and between 1894 and 1898 he was postmaster in Tarrytown. He died there on October 30, 1904 and was then buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery .

Web links

• Nathaniel H. Odell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nathaniel H. Odell in the database of Find a Grave (English)