Omar D. Conger

Omar Dwight Conger ( born April 1, 1818 in Cooperstown, New York, † July 11, 1898 in Ocean City, Maryland ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Michigan in both chambers of Congress.

Born in New York State Omar D. Conger moved with his father, a clergyman, in 1824 to Ohio, where the two settled in Huron County. After schooling he made in 1841 graduated from Western Reserve College in Hudson. Before his entry into professional life, he participated in geological expeditions to the copper and iron areas around the Lake Superior 1845-1847. In 1848 he was then working as a lawyer in Port Huron ( Michigan). In 1850 he was elected judge of the Court of Justice in St. Clair County.

Politically, Conger operated from 1855 as a Member of the Senate of Michigan, a position he held until 1859; in his last year in office he was there, the President pro tempore. During the Civil War he was a member of the state military authority to the rank of Colonel. In 1864 he represented Michigan in the Electoral College, which Abraham Lincoln was re- elected as U.S. president; two years later he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of Michigan.

On March 4, 1869 Conger took his service on the U.S. House of Representatives. He was re-elected five times, and remained until March 3, 1881 in the Parliament chamber. On November 2, 1880 was also the sixth re-election, but at the beginning of the following March session Conger entered in this function already to no more because it chose the state Legislature of Michigan on January 18, 1881 for U.S. senator. He ended his tenure in the House and sat from March 4, 1881 for six years in the Senate. In 1886, he was not nominated by his party for re-election. During his time in the Senate he was chairman of three committees, including the Committee on Manufactures (now the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation).

After his retirement from Congress Omar Conger worked as a lawyer in Washington. He died 1898 and was buried in Port Huron.

Cooperstown (New York) Ocean City (Maryland) Huron County (Ohio) Hudson (Ohio) Port Huron, Michigan St. Clair County (Michigan) Michigan Senate Electoral College (United States) United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Michigan Territory William Woodbridge Solomon Sibley Gabriel Richard Austin Eli Wing John Biddle (Michigan politician) George W. Jones Isaac E. Crary Jacob M. Howard Robert McClelland (American politician) Alexander W. Buel Ebenezer J. Penniman David Stuart (Michigan politician) William Alanson Howard George B. Cooper Bradley F. Granger Fernando C. Beaman Henry Waldron Moses W. Field Alpheus S. Williams John Stoughton Newberry Henry W. Lord William C. Maybury John Logan Chipman Levi T. Griffin John Blaisdell Corliss Alfred Lucking Edwin Denby (politician) Frank Ellsworth Doremus George P. Codd Robert H. Clancy John B. Sosnowski George G. Sadowski Rudolph G. Tenerowicz Lucien N. Nedzi John Conyers Bart Stupak John Smith Chipman Edward Bradley (politician) Charles E. Stuart David A. Noble Charles Upson William L. Stoughton Edwin Willits Nathaniel B. Eldredge Edward P. Allen James S. Gorman George Spalding Henry C. Smith Charles E. Townsend William Wedemeyer Mark R. Bacon Earl C. Michener John C. Lehr George Meader Weston E. Vivian Bill Huizenga James B. Hunt James L. Conger Samuel Clark David S. Walbridge Francis William Kellogg John W. Longyear Austin Blair George Willard Jonas H. McGowan Edward S. Lacey Alfred Milnes Albert M. Todd Washington Gardner John M. C. Smith Arthur B. Williams Joseph L. Hooper Henry M. Kimball Verner Main Paul W. Shafer August E. Johansen Paul H. Todd, Jr. Garry E. Brown Howard Wolpe Paul B. Henry Vern Ehlers Hestor L. Stevens George Washington Peck DeWitt C. Leach Rowland E. Trowbridge Thomas W. Ferry Wilder D. Foster Allen Potter Edwin W. Keightley George L. Yaple Henry F. Thomas Edward L. Hamilton John C. Ketcham George Ernest Foulkes Clare Hoffman J. Edward Hutchinson David Stockman Mark D. Siljander Fred Upton Augustus C. Baldwin William B. Williams (politician) John W. Stone George W. Webber Julius Houseman Charles C. Comstock Melbourne H. Ford Charles E. Belknap George F. Richardson William Alden Smith Edwin F. Sweet Carl E. Mapes Bartel J. Jonkman Gerald Ford Richard Vander Veen Harold S. Sawyer James A. Barcia Dale Kildee Dan Kildee John F. Driggs Randolph Strickland Jabez G. Sutherland George H. Durand Mark S. Brewer Oliver L. Spaulding Edwin B. Winans (politician) Byron G. Stout David D. Aitken Samuel William Smith Patrick H. Kelley Grant M. Hudson Seymour H. Person Claude E. Cady William W. Blackney Andrew J. Transue Kit Clardy Donald Hayworth Charles E. Chamberlain Milton Robert Carr James Whitney Dunn John Tyler Rich Ezra C. Carleton Justin Rice Whiting Horace G. Snover Edgar Weeks Henry McMorran Jesse P. Wolcott Robert J. McIntosh John C. Mackie Donald W. Riegle, Jr. Nick Smith (U.S. politician) Joe Schwarz Tim Walberg Mark Schauer Nathan B. Bradley Charles C. Ellsworth Roswell G. Horr Timothy E. Tarsney Henry M. Youmans William S. Linton Ferdinand Brucker Bird J. Vincent Michael J. Hart Fred L. Crawford Alvin Morell Bentley R. James Harvey J. Bob Traxler Dick Chrysler Debbie Stabenow Mike Rogers (Michigan politician) Jay Abel Hubbell Byron M. Cutcheon Harrison H. Wheeler John W. Moon Roswell P. Bishop James C. McLaughlin Harry W. Musselwhite Albert J. Engel Ruth Thompson Guy Vander Jagt Joe Knollenberg Gary Peters (politician) Herschel H. Hatch Spencer O. Fisher Frank W. Wheeler Thomas A. E. Weadock Rousseau Owen Crump Henry H. Aplin George A. Loud Roy O. Woodruff Gilbert A. Currie Elford Albin Cederberg Bill Schuette Edward Breitung Seth C. Moffatt Henry W. Seymour Samuel M. Stephenson John Avery (politician) Archibald B. Darragh Francis H. Dodds Francis O. Lindquist Frank D. Scott Frank P. Bohn Prentiss M. Brown John F. Luecke Frederick Van Ness Bradley Charles E. Potter Victor A. Knox Raymond F. Clevenger Philip Ruppe Robert William Davis David Curson Carlos D. Shelden H. Olin Young William Josiah MacDonald W. Frank James Frank Eugene Hook John B. Bennett John Dingell Charles Archibald Nichols Clarence J. McLeod Vincent M. Brennan Howard A. Coffin George W. Crockett, Jr. Barbara-Rose Collins William D. Ford Lynn N. Rivers Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Hansen Clarke Carl M. Weideman Louis C. Rabaut Harold F. Youngblood Harold M. Ryan Dennis M. Hertel John D. Dingell, Sr. John Lesinski, Sr. John Lesinski, Jr. Charles G. Oakman Martha Griffiths William M. Brodhead William Broomfield Robert J. Huber James Blanchard Neil Staebler Billie S. Farnum Jack H. McDonald United States congressional delegations from Michigan Augustus Seymour Porter Lewis Cass Thomas Fitzgerald (American politician) Zachariah Chandler Henry P. Baldwin Francis B. Stockbridge John Patton, Jr. John Norvell Alpheus Felch Thomas W. Palmer James McMillan (politician) Truman Handy Newberry Patrick V. McNamara Carl Levin

620161