Timothy E. Tarsney

Timothy E. Tarsney

Timothy Edward Tarsney (born February 4, 1849 in Ransom , Hillsdale County , Michigan , †  June 8, 1909 in Detroit , Michigan) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1889 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Timothy Tarsney attended public schools in his home country. During the Civil War he was used to maintain the state roads in Tennessee, which was occupied by the Union forces. He then settled in Saginaw and worked there as a mechanic at a sawmill. In 1867 he was also active in ship engineering. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and his admission to the bar in 1872, he began to practice in his new profession in East Saginaw . In 1873 he was justice of the peace, from 1875 to 1878 then city judge in East Saginaw.

Politically, Tarsney was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1880 he ran for the first time, but still unsuccessfully, for Congress. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Grover Cleveland was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the congressional election of 1884 Tarsney was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Roswell G. Horr on March 4, 1885 . After a re-election - he defeated Horr again - he was able to complete two terms in Congress by March 3, 1889 . In the elections of 1888 he was defeated by Republican Aaron T. Bliss .

In 1893 he moved to Detroit where he worked as a lawyer. Between 1900 and 1908 he was also a consultant for this city. Timothy Tarsney died on June 8, 1909 in Detroit and was buried in Saginaw.

Web links

• Timothy E. Tarsney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Timothy E. Tarsney in the database of Find a Grave (English)