Timothy Otis Howe

Timothy Otis Howe

Timothy Otis Howe (born February 24, 1816 in Livermore , Androscoggin County , Maine , † March 25, 1883 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ) who was a member of the Federal Cabinet as Minister of Post .

Life

After attending a private school in Readfield , Howe conducted law studies with the help of local judges . In 1839 he was inducted into the Maine Bar Association and began practicing law in Readfield. He became politically active for the first time in 1845 when he was a member of the Maine House of Representatives . A little later, he moved to Green Bay ( Wisconsin um), where he opened a law firm. His attempt to move into the US House of Representatives for the Whigs failed in 1848.

As a result, Howe initially concentrated again on his legal career. From 1851 to 1855 he served as a district judge in Wisconsin. This position also made him a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court until it was created as a separate body in 1853. In 1857 he made another attempt to enter Congress in Washington, but lost the election to the Senate . He was now a member of the Republicans. Howe ran again four years later and this time prevailed. He was a member of the Senate until 1879, during the entire Civil War and the Reconstruction era.

While he was still in the Senate, Timothy Howe received an offer from US President Ulysses S. Grant to become Chief Justice . However, he refused because he feared that his successor in the Senate would become a Democrat . In 1877 Howe lost his Senate seat. He returned to politics four years later when President Chester A. Arthur appointed him to his cabinet as Postmaster General . He served from December 20, 1881 until his death on March 25, 1883.

Web links

• Timothy Otis Howe in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Biography in the Wisconsin Supreme Court
• Timothy Otis Howe in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)