William Van Ness Bay

William Van Ness Bay (born November 23, 1818 in Hudson , New York , †  February 10, 1894 in Eureka , Missouri ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Life

William Bay attended public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession in Union (Missouri) in 1836 . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1844 and 1848 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1848 Bay was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded John Jameson on March 4, 1849 . Until March 3, 1851 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . This was shaped by the discussions about slavery .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Bay practiced law again. In 1862 he was appointed judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri . He held this office until his dismissal in 1865 by Governor Thomas Clement Fletcher . William Bay then moved to St. Louis , where he worked as a lawyer. In 1886 he took his retirement, which he spent in Eureka. He died there on February 10, 1894.

Web links

• William Van Ness Bay in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Van Ness Bay in the database of Find a Grave (English)