Short Biographies

Associated with Allegany County, NY

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

 

ANGEL, William G.

(1790—1858)

 

ANGEL, William G., a Representative from New York; born in New Shoreham, Block Island, R.I., July 17, 1790; moved with his parents to Litchfield, Otsego County, N.Y., in 1792; attended the common schools; began the study of medicine in 1807; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Burlington, N.Y., in 1817; elected as an Adams to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827); elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829-March 3, 1833); resumed the practice of law in Hammondsport, Steuben County, N.Y.; member of the State constitutional convention of 1846; was elected judge of Allegany County in 1847; died in Angelica, Allegany County, N.Y., on August 13, 1858; interment in Until the Day Dawn Cemetery.

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BROWN, William Wallace

(1836—1926)

 

BROWN, William Wallace, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Summer Hill, Cayuga County, N.Y., April 22, 1836; moved with his parents to Elk County, Pa., in 1838; attended the common schools and Smethport Academy; was graduated from Alfred University, Allegany County, N.Y., in 1861; enlisted in the Twenty-third New York Volunteers in 1861; transferred to the First Pennsylvania Rifles December 18, 1861; appointed recorder of deeds of McKean County in 1864 and its superintendent of schools in 1866; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and practiced; elected district attorney of McKean County the same year; moved in 1869 to Corry, Erie County, Pa., where he served three years as city attorney and two years in the city council; member of the State house of representatives 1872-1876; appointed aide-de-camp to Governor Hartranft in 1876 and was associated with the National Guard of Pennsylvania; moved to Bradford, Pa., in 1878 and continued the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886; resumed the practice of law; city solicitor of Bradford 1892-1897; auditor for the War Department 1897-1899; auditor for the Navy Department 1899-1907; appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907, and served until 1910, as Assistant Attorney General, in charge of defense of Spanish treaty claims; resumed the practice of law in Bradford, Pa., where he died November 4, 1926; interment in Alfred Cemetery, Alfred, Allegany County, N.Y.

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GROVER, Martin

(1811—1875)

 

GROVER, Martin, a Representative from New York; born in Hartwick, Otsego County, N.Y., October 20, 1811; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Angelica, N.Y.; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); elected justice of the supreme court of New York in November 1857 and reelected in 1859; elected judge of the court of appeals in 1867; after the reorganization of the court of appeals in 1869 was elected an associate judge in 1870 for a term of fourteen years and served until his death in Angelica, Allegany County, N.Y., August 23, 1875; interment in Angelica Cemetery.

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POST, George Adams

(1854—1925)

 

POST, George Adams, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Cuba, Allegany County, N.Y., September 1, 1854; pursued an academic course at Oswego Academy; moved to Susquehanna Depot, Pa.; secretary of the motive power department of the Erie Railway; elected burgess in February 1877 and served one year; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Montrose, Pa.; one of the owners and editors of the Montrose Democrat 1883-1889; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885); delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884; chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1885; moved to New York City in 1889; engaged as a writer for the New York World; engaged in the manufacture of railway equipment in 1892 and served as vice president and later president of the Standard Coupler Co.; founder and president of the Railway Business Association; chairman of the railroad committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce; died in Somerville, Somerset County, N.J., on October 31, 1925; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Oswego, N.Y.

 

Post, George Adams. Civil pensions . Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1884.

———. Organized effort; its necessity, its benefits and its achievements . [New York: Railway Business Association, 1914].

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

 

SHERMAN, Judson W.

(1808—1881)

 

SHERMAN, Judson W., a Representative from New York; born in that State in 1808; completed preparatory studies; held several local offices in Angelica, N.Y., where he resided; clerk of Allegany County, N.Y., 1831-1837; deputy treasurer of the State of New York about 1850; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); appointed captain and commissary of subsistence of Volunteers on September 7, 1861, was assigned to duty with Brigadier General Wood’s brigade, and resigned his commission November 9, 1861; died at Angelica, Allegany County, N.Y., on November 12, 1881; interment in Until the Day Dawn Cemetery.

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TELLER, Henry Moore

(1830—1914)

Senate Years of Service: 1876-1882; 1885-1897; 1897-1901; 1901-1909
Party: Republican; Republican; Silver Republican; Democrat

TELLER, Henry Moore, a Senator from Colorado; born in Granger, Allegany County, N.Y., May 23, 1830; attended Rushford and Alfred Academies in New York; taught school; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Binghamton, N.Y., in 1858; moved to Illinois in 1858 and to Colorado in 1861; major general of Colorado militia 1862-1864; involved in railroad and real estate development; upon the admission of Colorado as a State into the Union in 1876 was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate; reelected, and served from November 15, 1876, until his resignation on April 17, 1882, to accept a Cabinet position; chairman, Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment (Forty-fifth Congress), Committee on Pensions (Forty-seventh Congress); appointed Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Chester Arthur 1882-1885; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1885 and 1891, as a Silver Republican in 1897, and as a Democrat in 1903, and served from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1909; declined to be a candidate for renomination; chairman, Committee on Mines and Mining (Forty-ninth Congress), Committee on Patents (Fiftieth through Fifty-second Congresses), Committee on Privileges and Elections (Fifty-second Congress), Committee on Claims (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Private Land Claims (Fifty-sixth through Sixtieth Congresses); member of the United States Monetary Commission 1908-1912; engaged in the practice of law until his death in Denver, Colo., February 23, 1914; interment in Fairmount Cemetery.

 

Bibliography

Dictionary of American Biography ; Ellis, Elmer. Henry Moore Teller: Defender of the West . Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, 1941; Holsinger, M. Paul. “Henry M. Teller and the Edmunds-Tucker Act.” Colorado Magazine 48 (Winter 1971): 1-14.

Dawson, Thomas F. Senator Teller, a Brief Account of His Fifth Election to the United States Senate, Together with a Sketch of the Preceding Political Events in the Contest for Bimetalism in the National Campaign of 1896. Washington: Judd & Detweiler, 1898.

Ellis, Elmer. Henry Moore Teller, Defender of the West . Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1941.

___. “The Silver Republicans in the Election of 1896.” Mississippi Historical Review 18 (March 1932): 519-34.

Holsinger, M. Paul. “Henry M. Teller and the Edmunds-Tucker Act.” Colorado Magazine 48 (Winter 1971): 1-14.

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VREELAND, Edward Butterfield

(1856—1936)

 

VREELAND, Edward Butterfield, a Representative from New York; born in Cuba, Allegany County, N.Y., December 7, 1856; was graduated from Friendship Academy in 1877; moved to Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., in 1869; superintendent of the public schools at Salamanca, N.Y., 1877-1882; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1881, but did not engage in active practice; engaged in banking and in the oil and insurance business; became president of the Salamanca Trust Co. in 1891, served as postmaster of Salamanca 1889-1893; was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Warren B. Hooker; reelected to the Fifty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from November 7, 1899, to March 3, 1913; chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency (Sixty-first Congress); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1912; appointed a member of the National Monetary Commission, serving as vice chairman 1909-1912; resumed former business pursuits in Salamanca, N.Y., until January 1, 1936, when he retired from active business; died in Salamanca, N.Y., May 8, 1936; interment in Wildwood Cemetery.

 

Vreeland, Edward Butterfield. Address of Hon. Edward B. Vreeland . [Washington?: N.p., 1911].

———. Banking and currency reform . [Washington?: N.p., 1911].

———. Currency and banking reform . [New York?: N.p., 1909?]

———. A modern banking system; address of Hon. Edward B. Vreeland . [Washington?: N.p., 1911].

———. The plan of the National Monetary Commission for the revision of our banking and currency laws . Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

 

WARD, Hamilton

(1829—1898)

 

WARD, Hamilton, a Representative from New York; born in Salisbury, Herkimer County, N.Y., July 3, 1829; attended the common schools and was privately tutored; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Phillipsville (now Belmont), N.Y., in 1851; district attorney of Allegany County 1856-1859 and 1862-1865; appointed in 1862 by the Governor as commissioner to raise and equip troops for the Civil War; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1871); chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Fortieth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1870; delegate to nearly all State conventions from 1858 to 1890; attorney general of New York in 1880 and 1881; member of the State constitutional commission in 1890; appointed and subsequently elected justice of the State supreme court and served from 1891 until his death in Belmont, Allegany County, N.Y., December 28, 1898; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.

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