William D. Bishop

William D. Bishop

William Darius Bishop (born September 14, 1827 in Bloomfield , New Jersey , †  February 4, 1904 in Bridgeport , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1857 and 1859 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After elementary school, William Bishop continued his education at Yale College until 1849 . He then studied law. Despite his admission to the bar, he did not work as a lawyer. Instead, he continued his father's railroad operations. This included the construction of important new routes to connect the states of Connecticut and New York . Bishop was the founder of the Eastern Railroad Association , which he served as president until his death.

Politically, Bishop was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1856 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Connecticut , where he succeeded William W. Welch on March 4, 1857 . But since he was defeated by the Republican Orris S. Ferry in the elections of 1858 , he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1859 , which was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . While in Congress, Bishop chaired the Crafts Committee.

Between May 1859 and January 1860 Bishop was Commissioner of Patents . He then was first Vice President and later President of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Railroad . He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1866 and 1871 ; from 1877 to 1878 he was a member of the State Senate . William Bishop died in Bridgeport on February 4, 1904.

Web links

• William D. Bishop in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William D. Bishop in the database of Find a Grave (English)