John B. Raymond

John Baldwin Raymond ( born December 5, 1844 in Lockport, Niagara County, New York; † 3 January 1886 in Fargo, North Dakota) was an American politician. Between 1883 and 1885 he represented as a delegate the Dakota Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

In 1853, John Raymond moved with his parents in the Tazewell County, Illinois. There he attended the public schools. During the Civil War he entered as a private in an infantry unit of the Union Army and rose to 1863 and to captain on. He received this rank for its use during the siege of Vicksburg in Mississippi. By 1865 Raymond remained in the army. He then continued his education at the Poughkeepsie Business College continued in New York State, before he settled down during the period of Reconstruction in Mississippi. In Jackson he published the newspaper "Mississippi Pilot".

Political career

John Raymond was a member of the Republican Party. From 1873 to 1875 he was Deputy Minister of Finance of the State of Mississippi. After the end of the reconstruction period he was in 1877 appointed U.S. Marshal for the Dakota Territory. This office he held first from Yankton and later in Fargo until 1882. Another term in this office he refused. Instead, Raymond was elected to succeed Richard F. Pettigrew for delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives in congressional elections of 1882. There he represented between 4 March 1883, March 3, 1885, the interests of the Dakota Territory. As a delegate but he had no vote in Congress. For the elections of 1884 he was not nominated by his party. Its seat then fell to Oscar S. Gifford.

After the end of his service in Congress, John Raymond dealt with the cultivation of wheat in the area of Fargo. On January 3, 1886, he died unexpectedly. He was buried in Washington.