Bainbridge Wadleigh
Bainbridge Wadleigh | |
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United States Senator from New Hampshire | |
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 | |
Preceded by | James W. Patterson |
Succeeded by | Charles H. Bell |
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
In office 1855–1856 1859–1860 1869–1872 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Boston, Massachusetts | January 4, 1831
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Bainbridge Wadleigh (January 4, 1831 – January 24, 1891) was a
United States Senate
Wadleigh was nominated to the U.S. Senate on the evening of June 13, 1872 by the
Charles H. Bell was Wadleigh's immediate successor, and had been appointed to fill the Senate seat for several months, until the most recently elected New Hampshire legislature could convene. Wadleigh attempted to obtain the nomination from the New Hampshire Republican legislative caucus, but Henry W. Blair received the nomination after several ballots, and was later elected to the Senate by the legislature, in 1879.
While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Patents (Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Privileges and Elections (Forty-fifth Congress).
He resumed the practice of law in Boston, where he died in 1891; interment was in West Street Cemetery, Milford.
Notes
- ^ "New Hampshire: Nomination of Bainbridge Wadleigh for United States Senator at the Republican Caucus". New York Times. June 14, 1872. p. 1. Retrieved May 5, 2008.
- ^ "New Hampshire: The Nomination of Hon. Bainbridge Wadleigh for United States Senator -- His Speech of Acceptance" (PDF). New York Times. June 16, 1872. p. 6. Retrieved May 5, 2008.
References
- United States Congress. "Bainbridge Wadleigh (id: W000009)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.