William A. Moseley

William Abbott Moseley ( born October 20, 1798 in Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York, † November 19, 1873 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1847 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Moseley attended until 1816, the Yale College. After a successful study of medicine he practiced for some time as a doctor. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started working in Buffalo in this profession. Politically, he joined the Whig party to. In 1835 he was a member of the New York State Assembly; 1838 to 1841 he was in the state Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Moseley was the 32nd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the later U.S. President Millard Fillmore on March 4, 1843. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1847 two legislative sessions. The time until 1845 was impacted by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico. These discussions led in 1845 to the Mexican-American War, who coined Moseley's second term.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives William Moseley worked as a lawyer again. Politically, he is no more have appeared. He died on November 19, 1873 in New York and was buried in Buffalo.