Walter L. Sessions

Walter L. Sessions

Walter Loomis Sessions (born October 4, 1820 in Brandon , Rutland County , Vermont , †  May 27, 1896 in Panama , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1871 and 1875 and again from 1885 to 1887 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

As a child, Walter Sessions moved to Chautauqua County, New York State, where he attended public schools. He then graduated from Westfield Academy . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1849, he began to work in this profession in Panama. He was also active in the school service as a teacher and school council. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . From 1853 to 1854 he was a member of the New York State Assembly ; in 1860, 1861, 1866 and 1867 he was a member of the State Senate . Between 1870 and 1872 he was the mayor ( supervisor ) of the Harmony community .

In the congressional election of 1870 Sessions in the 31st  constituency of New York was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Porter Sheldon on March 4, 1871 . After re-election in the 32nd district of his state, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1875 . In 1874 he was not re-elected.

After the temporary end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Walter Sessions worked again as a lawyer. In the elections of 1884 he was re-elected to Congress in the then newly established 34th constituency, which had been dissolved in 1853, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1885. In 1886 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. Therefore, until March 3, 1887, he could only spend one further term in Congress.

In 1890, he again applied unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the upcoming congressional elections. Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1893 he was Commissioner of the State of New York for the World's Columbian Exposition , the World's Fair in Chicago . He died on May 27, 1896 in Panama, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Walter L. Sessions in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Porter Sheldon	United States House Representative for New York (31st constituency) March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873	Lyman K. Bass
Elbridge G. Spaulding	United States House of Representatives for New York (32nd constituency) March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875	Lyman K. Bass
new constituency	United States House of Representatives for New York (34th constituency) March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887	William G. Laidlaw