Richard S. Ayer

Richard S. Ayer

Richard Small Ayer (born October 9, 1829 in Montville , Waldo County , Maine , †  December 14, 1896 in Liberty , Maine) was an American politician . In 1870 and 1871 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Ayer attended public schools in his home country. Then he worked in agriculture and trade. During the civil war he served in the Union Army between 1861 and 1863 , from which he resigned in 1863 as a first lieutenant for health reasons. After the war he settled in Warsaw (Virginia). In his new home he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1867 and 1868 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Virginia Constitution.

After Virginia was readmitted to the Union, Ayer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of his state , where he took up his new mandate on January 31, 1870. Since he refused to run again in 1870, he was only able to end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1871 . After his time in the US House of Representatives ended, Richard Ayer returned to farming. He later returned to Montville. In 1888 he was elected to the Maine House of Representatives. He died in Liberty on December 14, 1896 and was buried in Montville.

Web links

• Richard S. Ayer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard S. Ayer in the database of Find a Grave (English)