John Hubbard Tweedy

John Hubbard Tweedy (* November 9, 1814 in Danbury, Connecticut, † November 12, 1891 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ) was an American politician. Between 1847 and 1848 he represented the Wisconsin Territory as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Tweedy visited until 1834, the Yale College. After a subsequent law degree from the same university and its made ​​in 1836 admitted to the bar he began in Milwaukee to work in his new profession. Between 1839 and 1841 he worked as an agent and financial manager in the sewer.

Politically, Tweedy joined the Whig party to. In 1842 he was a member of the territorial governing council in the Wisconsin Territory; In 1846 he was a delegate to the first Constituent Assembly of the future state of Wisconsin. In the congressional elections of 1846 he was a delegate of his Terriroriums in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he met on March 4, 1847 the successor of Morgan Lewis Martin. He could be represented area until May 29, 1848 Congress. Then the new state of Wisconsin, who was represented by regular Congressman in U.S. House of Representatives was formed. In the corresponding elections in 1848 John Tweedy has not a candidate. Instead, he applied unsuccessfully for the post of Governor of Wisconsin. With a vote share of 41.1 percent, he was defeated by Democrat Nelson Dewey.

In 1853, Tweedy was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly. Then he went into the railway industry and became director of two railway companies. John Tweedy died on November 12, 1891 in Milwaukee.

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