Daniel E. Somes

Eton Daniel Somes ( born May 20, 1815 in Laconia, New Hampshire, † February 13, 1888 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Somes enjoyed a good basic education. In 1846 he moved to Biddeford, Maine, where he edited the newspaper "Eastern Journal". He was also active in the craft. Between 1855 and 1857 was Somes mayor of Biddeford. From 1856 and 1858 he also served as president of the local City Bank.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854. In 1858 he was elected in the first district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of John M. Wood on March 4, 1859. Until March 3, 1861, he completed a term in Congress. This was determined by the events leading up to the Civil War. In the spring of 1861 was Somes participants at a conference in Washington, has been attempted in the last minute, to prevent the outbreak of war. In Congress was Somes witness how the MPs withdrew from the southern states of the Parliament.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives to Somes withdrew from politics and worked as a lawyer in the field of patent law. He died on February 13, 1888 in Washington.