Solomon Comstock

Solomon Gilman Comstock (born May 9, 1842 in Argyle , Penobscot County , Maine , †  June 3, 1933 in Moorhead , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1891 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1845 Solomon Comstock moved with his parents to Passadumkeag , a town neighboring his birthplace. He attended various elementary schools in Maine. After a subsequent law degree in Bangor and at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission as a lawyer in 1869, he began to practice in Omaha ( Nebraska ) in his new profession. In 1870 he moved first to Minneapolis and in 1871 to Moorhead, Minnesota. There he continued his legal practice. Between 1872 and 1878 Comstock was a Clay County District Attorney .

Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1875 and 1881 he was elected several times to the Minnesota House of Representatives. From 1882 to 1888 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1882 he unsuccessfully applied for the office of Attorney General of Minnesota. His candidacy for the post of lieutenant governor in 1884 was equally unsuccessful . In 1884 he gave up his legal practice to work in the real estate industry.

In 1888 Comstock was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Knute Nelson on March 4, 1889 . Since he lost to Kittel Halvorson in the next election in 1890 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1891 . In 1892 Comstock was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, where President Benjamin Harrison was nominated for a second term.

In the following years Comstock worked again in the real estate business. He was also involved in the manufacture of agricultural supplies. Between 1897 and 1905 he was a member of the Minnesota State School Committee. After that, he retired. Solomon Comstock died on June 3, 1933 at the age of 91.

Web links

• Solomon Comstock in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Solomon Comstock in the database of Find a Grave (English)