Richard S. Canby

Richard Sprigg Canby (born September 30, 1808 in Lebanon , Ohio , †  July 27, 1895 in Olney , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Canby attended preparatory schools and then studied between 1826 and 1828 at Miami University in Oxford . Then he was employed in the trade. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1840, he began to work in this profession in Bellefontaine . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party . Canby served in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1845 and 1846 . In the congressional election of 1846 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Joseph Vance on March 4, 1847 . Until March 3, 1849, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was initially shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War .

After serving in the US House of Representatives, Richard Canby worked in agriculture. In 1856 he joined the Republican Party . From 1863 he lived in Olney (Illinois), where he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1867 he was elected a Justice in the Illinois Second Judicial District. He held this post for a few years. He then worked again as a lawyer. In 1882 he retired. He died on July 27, 1895 in Olney, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

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