Aaron H. Cragin

Aaron Harrison Cragin ( born February 3, 1821 in Weston, Windsor County, Vermont, † May 10 1898 in Washington DC ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of New Hampshire in both chambers of Congress.

Aaron graduated Cragin in his home his schooling from, studied law and was admitted after 1847 in Albany ( New York) to the bar, after which he began practicing as a lawyer in Lebanon (New Hampshire). From 1852 to 1855 he held as a Member of the House of Representatives of New Hampshire his first political office.

Originally belonged to Cragin of the American Party, for which he first moved in on March 4, 1855 to the House of Representatives of the United States. During the next Parliament, he stepped over to the Republicans as their candidate in 1856, he was confirmed in office. He belonged to the House of Representatives until March 3, 1859 and served during this time including as Chairman of the Committee for the control of expenditures of the War Department.

After retiring from Congress Cragin first worked again as a lawyer and in 1859 also sat a second time in the House of Representatives of his State. In 1864 he was elected U.S. Senator, and he took the place of the no longer candidates John P. Hale on March 4, 1865. After a re-election he remained until March 3, 1877, Senator; during which time he chaired several committees, including the Marine Committee and the Rail Committee.

U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Cragin a member of a commission to prepare the purchase of the Hot Springs Reserve in Arkansas; 1877 to 1879 he was Chairman of this Commission. He died in 1898 in the German capital Washington and was buried in Lebanon.