Rufus S. Frost

Rufus Smith Frost ( born July 18, 1826 in Marlborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; † March 6, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois ) was an American politician. In 1875 and 1876 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Already in 1833 came Rufus Frost to Boston, where he attended the public schools. He then worked in retail. He also began a political career. During 1867 and 1868 he was mayor of Chelsea; 1871 to 1872 he sat in the Massachusetts Senate. After that he belonged until 1874 to the senior staff of the Governor. In the congressional elections of 1874 was frost as a candidate of the Republican Party in the fourth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Samuel Hooper on March 4, 1875. However, put his rival candidate Josiah Gardner Abbott against the election results a contradiction. When this was granted, had to cede to Frost Abbott his mandate on 28 July 1876. In 1876 he applied unsuccessfully to make his return to the Congress.

Between 1877 and 1884 acted Frost as national chairman of the Association of wool manufacturers. From 1878 to 1880 he was Chairman of the Trade Committee of Boston. He was also president of the Academy of Music New England Conservatory of Music. Frost was also one of the founders of the New England Law and Order League and the Boston Art Club. In June 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis in part, on the U.S. President Benjamin Harrison was nominated for re-election. Rufus Frost died on March 6, 1894 in Chicago and was buried in Chelsea.