Richard S. Molony

Richard Sheppard Molony (born June 28, 1811 in Northfield , New Hampshire , †  December 14, 1891 in Humboldt , Nebraska ) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After studying medicine at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover and being admitted as a doctor in 1838, he began to practice this profession in Belvidere (Illinois). At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In June 1852 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , on which Franklin Pierce was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1850 , Molony was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded John Wentworth on March 4, 1851 . Since he refused to run again in 1852, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1853 . These were shaped by the discussions about the question of slavery .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Richard Molony moved to Humboldt, Nebraska, where he worked in agriculture between 1866 and 1891. In 1882 he declined the nomination for the US Senate election for health reasons . In 1884 he was once again a delegate at the Federal Democratic Party Congress in Chicago. He died in Humboldt on December 14, 1891.

Web links

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

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