Robert B. Cranston

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Robert Bennie Cranston (born January 14, 1791 in Newport , Rhode Island , † January 27, 1873 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1837 and 1843 and again from 1847 to 1849 he represented the first constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Cranston attended the public schools of his home country and worked as a tax collector between 1812 and 1815, during the British-American War . Between 1818 and 1827 he was sheriff in Newport County . In 1827 he became a postman in Newport. As an opponent of Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party , Cranston became a member of this new party after the formation of the Whigs . In 1836 he was elected as their candidate for the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he succeeded William Sprague on March 4, 1837 . After two re-elections he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1843. Then his brother Henry Y. Cranston took over his seat, which he would keep until 1847.

Robert Cranston was a member of the House of Representatives from 1843 to 1847 and also served as President of the Rhode Island House of Representatives for one year . He then sat for a short time in the State Senate before he was able to win back his old seat from his brother on March 4, 1847 after his victory in the congressional elections of 1846. By March 3, 1849, Robert Cranston completed another term in Congress. On June 9, 1853, he was elected Mayor of Newport City. On the same day he resigned from this office. After the dissolution of the Whig Party, Robert Cranston became a member of the newly formed Republican Party . In the 1864 presidential election, he was one of the Republican electors to officially elect President Abraham Lincoln for his second term. Then he withdrew from politics. Robert Cranston died in Newport, the town of his birth in 1873.

Web links

  • Robert B. Cranston in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Cranston, Robert B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cranston, Robert Bennie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Newport , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1873
Place of death Newport , Rhode Island