Aaron H. Cragin
Aaron Harrison Cragin | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Harry Hibbard |
| Succeeded by | Thomas M. Edwards |
| United States Senator from New Hampshire | |
| In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1877 | |
| Preceded by | John P. Hale |
| Succeeded by | Edward H. Rollins |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| In office 1852–1855 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 3, 1821 Weston, Vermont |
| Died | May 10, 1898 (aged 77) Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | School Street Cemetery Lebanon, Grafton County New Hampshire |
| Nationality | USA |
| Political party | American Party Republican |
| Spouse | Isabella Tuller Cragin |
| Children | Harry Wilton Cragin |
| Parent(s) | Aaron Cragin Sarah Whitney Cragin |
| Occupation | Lawyer Politician |
Aaron Harrison Cragin (February 3, 1821 – May 10, 1898) was an American politician and a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.
Early life
[edit]Born in Weston, Vermont, Cragin completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in Albany, New York in 1847 and commenced practice in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Career
[edit]Cragin was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1852 to 1855.
Elected by the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress, Cragin served from (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859).[1] While in the House of Representatives, he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Thirty-fourth Congress).
Cragin resumed the practice of law and in 1859 was again a member of the State house of representatives. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Republican Convention in Chicago, and a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists convention in 1866.[2] He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1864; was reelected in 1870, and served from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1877.[3] While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills (Thirty-ninth Congress) and a member of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses), the Committee on Naval Affairs (Forty-first and Forty-third Congresses), and the Committee on Railroads (Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses).[4]
Appointed by President Rutherford Hayes as one of the commissioners for the purchase of the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas, Cragin served as chairman from 1877 to 1879.[5]
Death
[edit]Cragin died in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 1898 (age 77 years, 96 days). He is interred at School Street Cemetery, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Family life
[edit]Son of Aaron and Sarah Whitney, Cragin married Isabella Tuller and they had a son, Harry Wilton Cragin, who graduated from Yale University and was appointed third assistant in the United States Patent Office.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Capace, Nancy (January 2000). Encyclopedia of New Hampshire. North American Book Dist LLC, Jan 1, 2001 - New Hampshire. p. 398. ISBN 9780403096015. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Brown, John Howard (1900). Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States: Chubb-Erich. James H. Lamb Company, 1900 - United States. p. 224. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1909). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits. American Publishers' Association, 1909 - United States. p. 136. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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- ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register. G. Dearborn., 1871 - Almanacs, American. 1871. p. 48. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
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- ^ Vermont Historical Society (1921–1923). Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society. The Society, 1921 - Vermont. pp. 95–96. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
aaron harrison cragin new hampshire historical society.
- ^ Record for Twenty Years After Graduation. Yale University. Class of 1872. 1892. p. 28. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Aaron H. Cragin (id: C000852)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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