American politician
Albert Richards Howe (January 1, 1840 – June 1, 1884) was an American businessman, Civil War veteran and politician. He represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives for one term from 1873 to 1875.
Early life
Howe was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts , the son of Francis Howe and Maria A. (Richards) Howe.[ 1] [ 2]
Civil War
In 1861, he enlisted as a private in the Union Army and served in the Forty-seventh Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. During the Civil War , he served in Virginia under General Grant until Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia . After Lee's surrender, he served under General Weitzel in Texas until his discharged on November 30, 1865.[ 3] major .[ 4]
After his military service, he moved to Como, Mississippi and became involved in cotton planting.
Political career
He became involved in politics and was a member of the Mississippi Constitutional Convention in 1868. He also served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1868.[ 5] Panola County, Mississippi .[ 6]
State legislature
From 1870 to 1872 he was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives .[ 7]
Congress
Howe was elected as a Republican candidate to the Forty-third Congress , serving from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875.[ 8] Committee on Claims .[ 9]
Later career and death
After leaving Congress, he moved to Chicago, Illinois and worked in the brokerage business. He died in Chicago on June 1, 1884,[ 10] Brookfield Cemetery in Brookfield, Massachusetts.
Family life
Howe's father, Francis Howe, was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate .[ 11]
References
^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1889). History of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1 ^ Poore, Benjamin Perley (1878). The Political Register and Congressional Directory: A Statistical Record of the Federal Officials, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, of the United States of America, 1776-1878 456 . ^ Barnes, William Horatio (1874). The American Government ...: Biographies of members of the House of representatives of the Forty-third Congress ^ United States. Congress (1874). Official Congressional Directory ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). 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 232 . ^ United States. Congress (1875). Official Congressional Directory ^ Poore, Benjamin Perley (1878). The Political Register and Congressional Directory: A Statistical Record of the Federal Officials, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, of the United States of America, 1776-1878 456 . ^ Lynch, John Roy (2008). Reminiscences of an Active Life: The Autobiography of John Roy Lynch ISBN 9781604731149 ^ United States. Congress (1874). Official Congressional Directory ^ Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1889). History of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1 ^ Barnes, William Horatio (1874). The American Government ...: Biographies of members of the House of representatives of the Forty-third Congress
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