Ralph Plumb

Ralph Plumb (born March 29, 1816 in Busti , Chautauqua County , New York , † April 8, 1903 in Streator , Illinois ) was an American politician .

After doing business in his home state for several years, Plumb moved to Ohio . There he was in 1855 a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Plumb studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857. He practiced in Oberlin , Lorain County . He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . In 1866 he moved to Illinois and settled there in Streator. From 1882 to 1885 he was the city's mayor.

Plumb was elected as a Republican in Congress and represented there from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889 the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives . After his career as a Congressman, he returned to Streator and worked in the banking industry. He died in Streator in 1903 and was buried in Riverview Cemetery .

Web links

• Ralph Plumb in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)