Alanson M. Kimball

Alanson Mellen Kimball ( born March 12, 1827 in Buxton, York County, Maine, † May 26, 1913 in Pine River, Wisconsin ) was an American politician. Between 1875 and 1877 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After a good education Alanson Kimball moved in 1852 to Wisconsin, where he was engaged in agriculture and trade. In his new home he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854. In 1863 and 1864 he sat in the Senate of Wisconsin.

In the congressional elections of 1874 Kimball was in the sixth constituency of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Philetus Sawyer on March 4, 1875. Since 1876 he Democrat Gabriel Bouck defeated in the elections of the year, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1877. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Kimball worked in the lumber business. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, was nominated for the James G. Blaine as their presidential candidate. He died on 26 May 1913 in Pine River, and was also buried there.

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