Solomon L. Spink

Solomon L. Spink

Solomon Lewis Spink (born March 20, 1831 in Whitehall , New York , † September 22, 1881 in Yankton , Dakota Territory ) was an American politician . Between 1869 and 1871 he represented the Dakota Territory in the US House of Representatives as a delegate .

Early years

Solomon Spink attended his homeland public schools and then the Castleton Seminary in Vermont . He then taught as a teacher himself for a few years before he was admitted to the bar in 1856 after studying law. He then began working in this profession in Burlington , Iowa . In 1860, Spinks moved to Paris ( Illinois ), where he published the "Prairie Beacon" newspaper.

Political career

Spink became a member of the Republican Party . In 1864 he became a member of the Illinois House of Representatives . After his appointment as Secretary of State in the Dakota Territory by President Abraham Lincoln , Solomon Spink moved to the area, where he held his new office between 1865 and 1869. In the congressional elections of 1868 he was elected as his party's candidate for the new delegate to the US House of Representatives in Washington . He performed this mandate between March 4, 1869 and March 3, 1871. Since he was not re-elected in 1870, he had to cede his seat to Moses K. Armstrong of the Democratic Party .

Upon returning from Washington, Spink practiced law in Yankton. In 1876 he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the congressional elections. Instead, Jefferson P. Kidder was set up and subsequently elected as a delegate in Congress . Solomon Spink died in September 1881 and was buried in Yankton.

Honors

The Spink County in South Dakota was named after him.

Web links

• Solomon L. Spink in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Solomon L. Spink in the database of Find a Grave (English)