Bellamy Storer (1796–1875)

Bellamy Storer ( born March 26, 1796 in Portland, Maine, † June 1, 1875 in Cincinnati, Ohio ) was an American politician of the United States Whig party. From 1835 to 1837 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the United States for the 1st Congressional District of the State of Ohio.

Biography

Bellamy Storer was born in Portland. There he attended private schools. In 1809 he graduated from Bowdoin College. He moved to Boston, where he studied law. In 1817 he was admitted to the bar. In the same year he moved to Cincinnati to open a law office there.

In 1835 he was elected as representative of the 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He completed a term and then resigned from the Congress. He practiced until 1854, again as a lawyer. He was appointed as a judge of the Higher Court of Cincinnati. There he served until 1872. 1855 he also took over a professorship at the University of Cincinnati. He held until 1874 This professorship.

Storer died in 1875 in Cincinnati and was buried at Spring Grove Cemetery. His son of the same also sat for the 1st Congressional District in the House of Representatives.