Mark Trafton

Mark Trafton ( born August 1, 1810 in Bangor, Massachusetts, † March 8, 1901 in West Somerville, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Born in present-day Maine Mark Trafton first attended preparatory schools. After a subsequent study of theology and of his ordination to the clergy, he started in Westfield to work as a pastor. Politically, he was an opponent of slavery. In the 1850s he joined the short-lived American Party. In the congressional elections of 1854 he was in the eleventh electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Z. Goodrich on March 4, 1855. Since he has not been confirmed in 1856, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1857. This was marked by the events leading up to the Civil War.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mark Trafton operated as a pastor in Mount Wollaston in Norfolk County. He died on 8 March 1901 in West Somerville and was buried in Springfield.

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