Richard S. Molony

Richard Sheppard Molony ( born June 28, 1811 in Northfield, New Hampshire, † December 14, 1891 in Humboldt, Nebraska ) was an American politician. Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After studying medicine at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover and his 1838 was admitted as a doctor, he began to practice in this profession in Belvidere (Illinois ). At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In June 1852 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, was nominated on the Franklin Pierce as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1850 Molony was in the fourth electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Wentworth on March 4, 1851. Since he resigned in 1852 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1853. These were dominated by discussions on the issue of slavery.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Richard Molony moved to Humboldt in Nebraska, where he worked in agriculture 1866-1891. In 1882 he declined for health reasons from the nomination for election to the U.S. Senate. In 1884 he was again a delegate to the Federal Democratic convention in Chicago. He died on 14 December 1891 in Humboldt.

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