Albert Blakeney

Albert Alexander Blakeney ( born September 28, 1850 in Rider Wood, Baltimore County, Maryland, † October 15, 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1901 and 1903, and again from 1921 to 1923, he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Albert Blakeney attended private schools and was active thereafter in cotton processing. Later he operated a cotton mill in Franklinville. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1895-1899, he served as Commissioner District in Baltimore County. In the congressional elections of 1900 he was in the second electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Benjamin Baker on March 4, 1901. Since he resigned in 1902 to further candidacy, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1903.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Blakeney took his previous activities on again. In the elections of 1920 he was elected again in the second district of his state in Congress, where he Carville Benson replaced on March 4, 1921. Dar he has not been confirmed in 1922, he could spend up to March 3, 1923 just another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Albert Blakeney died on October 15, 1924 in Baltimore, where he was also buried.