Omar D. Conger

Omar D. Conger

Omar Dwight Conger (born April 1, 1818 in Cooperstown , New York , †  July 11, 1898 in Ocean City , Maryland ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Michigan in both chambers of Congress .

Born in New York State, Omar D. Conger moved to Ohio with his clergyman father in 1824 , where the two settled in Huron County . After attending school, he graduated from Western Reserve College in Hudson in 1841 . Before starting his professional life, he took part in geological expeditions to the copper and iron regions around Lake Superior between 1845 and 1847 . In 1848 he became a lawyer in Port Huron, Michigan. In 1850 he was appointed judge of the Court in St. Clair County elected.

Politically, Conger was active from 1855 as a member of the Senate of Michigan , which he remained until 1859; in his last year in office he was pro tempore president . During the civil war he was a member of the state military authority with the rank of colonel . In 1864 he represented Michigan in the Electoral College , which re-elected Abraham Lincoln as US President; two years later he was a member of the Michigan Constitutional Convention.

On March 4, 1869, Conger began serving in the US House of Representatives . He was re-elected five times and remained in the parliamentary chamber until March 3, 1881. On November 2, 1880, the sixth re-election took place, but for the session beginning the following March, Conger did not take up this position because the Michigan State Legislature elected him US Senator on January 18, 1881 . He finished his term in the House of Representatives and sat in the Senate for six years from March 4, 1881. In 1886 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. During his time in the Senate, he chaired three committees, including the Committee on Manufactures (now: Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation ).

After leaving Congress, Omar Conger worked as a lawyer in Washington . He died in 1898 and was buried in Port Huron.

Web links

• Omar D. Conger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)