William S. Damrell

William S. Damrell (1859)

William Shapleigh Damrell (born November 29, 1809 in Portsmouth , New Hampshire , †  May 17, 1860 in Dedham , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . From 1855 to 1859 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Damrell attended public schools in his home country. He then did an apprenticeship in the printing trade. He then became the owner of a large printing company in Boston . Politically, he was initially a member of the American Party . In the congressional election of 1854 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded J. Wiley Edmands on March 4, 1855 . After being re-elected as a candidate for the Republican Party , which he had since joined, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1859 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

During his second term in office, Damrell suffered a stroke, from the consequences of which he did not recover. Due to his health, he decided not to run again in 1858. After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, he worked in his print shop as best he could in his health. He died in Dedham on May 17, 1860.

Web links

• William S. Damrell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William S. Damrell in the database of Find a Grave (English)