William Cogswell

William Cogswell

William Cogswell (born August 23, 1838 in Bradford , Essex County , Massachusetts , †  May 22, 1895 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1895 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Cogswell attended Phillips Academy in Andover and then the Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). After a subsequent law degree at Harvard University and his admission as a lawyer in 1860, he began to work in Salem in this profession. During the civil war he served as an officer in various functions in the army of the Union , in which he made it up to brevet - brigadier general . After the war he practiced as a lawyer again. He also embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1867 and 1869 and again in 1873 and 1874 he was mayor of Salem. In 1870, 1871 and 1881 and 1883 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; In 1885 and 1886 he was a member of the State Senate . In June 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis , where President Benjamin Harrison was nominated for re-election.

In the congressional election of 1886 , Cogswell was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of Massachusetts, where he succeeded Eben F. Stone on March 4, 1887 . After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on May 22, 1895 . Since 1893 he represented the sixth district of his state there as the successor to Henry Cabot Lodge .

Web links

• William Cogswell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Cogswell in the database of Find a Grave (English)