Albert G. Talbott

Albert Gallatin Talbott (* April 4, 1808 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, † September 9, 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1855 and 1859 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1813 Albert Talbott came with his parents in the Clark County. Three years later the family moved to the Jessamine County, where he attended the Forrest Hill Academy. Then he studied law, but without ever practicing as a lawyer. Instead, Talbott worked in agriculture and trade. Later he went into the real estate business. Since 1846 he lived in Danville. Politically, Talbott was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1849 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the State Constitution; the following year he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Kentucky.

In the congressional elections of 1854 he was in the fourth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James Chrisman on March 4, 1855. After a re-election in 1856 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1859 two legislative sessions. Since 1857 he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Post Ministry. His years in Washington have been marked by tensions in the run-up to the Civil War.

After the end of his time in Congress Albert Talbott worked again in the real estate industry. From 1869 to 1873 he was a member of the Senate from Kentucky. In 1883 he was again a deputy in the House of Representatives of his State. He then moved to the vicinity of Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, where he worked in agriculture. He died on September 9, 1887 in Philadelphia and was buried in Danville.