Volney Howard

Volney Erskine Howard (born October 22, 1809 in Norridgewock , Massachusetts , † May 14, 1889 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1853 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Born in present-day Maine , Volney Howard attended his homeland public schools as well as Bloomfield Academy and Waterville College . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1832, he began to work in Brandon ( Mississippi ) in this profession. In 1836 he became a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives . At that time he was also a court spokesman ( reporter ) for the Supreme Court of Mississippi . Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1840 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . At that time he was also the editor of a newspaper. Howard came to San Antonio in Texas via New Orleans . He became the first Attorney General of the new state for six months in 1846 . He was also a delegate to the Texas Constituent Assembly .

In the congressional elections of 1848 Howard was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of his state , where he succeeded Timothy Pilsbury on March 4, 1849 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1853 . These were determined by the discussions about slavery . In 1852, Howard was not re-elected.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, he worked as a lawyer in San Francisco and then in Los Angeles . Between 1861 and 1870 he was a district attorney in his new home. In 1878 and 1879 he took part as a delegate at a meeting to revise the state constitution. In 1879, Volney Howard was appointed judge in the Superior Court of Los Angeles . For health reasons, however, he could only hold this office for one term. He died in Santa Monica on May 14, 1889 and was buried in Los Angeles.

According to him, Howard County named in Texas.

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SURNAME	Howard, Volney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Howard, Volney Erskine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 22, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Norridgewock , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	May 14, 1889
Place of death	Santa Monica , California