Alonzo B. Cornell

Alonzo Barton Cornell ( born January 22, 1832 in Ithaca, New York, † October 12, 1904 ) was an American politician and 1880-1883 Governor of the State of New York.

Early years and political rise

Alonzo Cornell attended the Ithaca Academy. He then worked for a telegraph company. In this industry it increased over time as Vice President and later as director of the Western Union Telegraph Company on. He also ran some steamboats on Cayuga Lake and was employed 1864-1869 at the First National Bank of Ithaca.

Cornell was a member of the Republican Party. In 1868 he applied unsuccessfully for the post of vice- governor of New York. Between 1870 and 1878 he was chairman of his party in that State. In 1873 he was Member of Parliament and President of the House of Representatives from New York. He then worked in the Customs Authority of New York City. In 1876 Alonzo Cornell was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention, was nominated at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential candidate of his party.

Governor of New York and other CV

On November 4, 1879, he was elected as the new governor. He benefited from a split in the Democratic Party. Cornell began his three-year term on January 1, 1880. During his reign a railway committee and a health committee were created. Women were given the right to exercise leadership positions in education. At that time, a trade tax purposes. In 1882, Alonzo Cornell was defeated in the gubernatorial elections later U.S. President Grover Cleveland.

After the end of his governorship to Cornell withdrew from politics. He died in 1904., The ex - governor was married twice and had four children.