Robert E. De Forest

Robert E. De Forest

Robert Elliott De Forest (born February 20, 1845 in Guilford , Connecticut , †  October 1, 1924 in Bridgeport , Connecticut) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1895 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert De Forest attended public schools in his home country and the Guilford Academy . He then studied at Yale College until 1867 . In 1867 he moved to Royalton , Vermont , where he worked as a teacher at the Royalton Academy . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1870, he began practicing his new profession in Bridgeport. In 1872 he became the city's legal representative. Between 1874 and 1877, De Forest was a judge on the Court of Appeals in Fairfield County .

Politically, De Forest was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1878 he was elected Mayor of Bridgeport City; In 1880 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives . In 1882 he was a member of the State Senate for one year , then he was an advisor to the city of Bridgeport, whose mayor he was again in 1889 and 1890.

In 1890, De Forest was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Connecticut , where he succeeded Republican Frederick Miles on March 4, 1891 . After re-election in 1892, he was able to complete two consecutive terms in Congress until March 3, 1895 . From 1893 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with the reform of the civil service. In the elections of 1894 he was defeated by the Republican Ebenezer J. Hill . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, De Forest returned to work as an appellate judge. He then resumed his legal practice. He died in Bridgeport in October 1924; he was buried there.

Web links

• Robert E. De Forest in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert E. De Forest in the database of Find a Grave (English)