James E. English

James Edward English ( born March 13, 1812 in New Haven, Connecticut; † March 2, 1890 ibid ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the state of Connecticut in both chambers of Congress.

After attending school English was initially active in several business sectors, including in the timber trade and the banking industry. In the political life of his hometown New Haven, he was from 1847 to 1861 as a member of the municipal executive ( board of selectmen ) active; 1848 to 1849 he sat on the city council.

1855 James English was elected to the House of Representatives of Connecticut, in the state Senate, where he served in the following year until 1858. In 1860, he competed unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor.

Things went better in his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives. As a representative of Connecticut, he was a member of the Congress from 1861 to 1865; for re-election, he joined not to. 1866 was followed by an unsuccessful candidacy for governor of his home state. The following year he was then, however, elected to this office; 1868 confirmed him the voters therein. After his defeat to Republican Marshall Jewell In 1869, he was able to defeat him again the following year. In 1870, he won again, although the choice, but a committee of inquiry revealed manipulations, and said the governorship Marshall Jewell to.

In 1872 he was again in the democratic faction in the House of Representatives from Connecticut; the attempt to return in the same year in the U.S. House of Representatives failed. 1875 English was but then appeal again to Washington when he became the successor of the late Orris S. Ferry in the U.S. Senate. After he had taken his seat provisionally between 27 November 1875 to 17 May 1876 and he missed at the next election the new mandate for the Senate. This English's political career was over; He returned to Connecticut, where he again devoted himself to his business activities.