Ransom W. Dunham

Ransom Williams Dunham ( born March 21, 1838 in Savoy, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, † August 19, 1896 in Springfield, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1883 and 1889 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ransom Dunham attended the common schools including High School in Springfield. In the years 1855-1857 he was employed by an insurance company. In 1857 he moved to Chicago, where he was active in the grain commission business. In 1882 he was chairman of the local Chamber of Commerce ( Board of Trade ). Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1882 Dunham was the first electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Aldrich on March 4, 1883. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1889 three legislative periods. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives to Dunham moved back into retirement. He died on August 19, 1896 on his way to his native Savoy, where he was due to attend the 100 - year celebration of the city's founding, and was buried in Chicago.