Solomon Comstock

Solomon Gilman Comstock ( born May 9, 1842 in Argyle, Penobscot County, Maine, June 3, 1933 † in Moorhead, Minnesota ) was an American politician. Between 1889 and 1891 he represented the state of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1845, Solomon Comstock moved with his parents to Passadumkeag, a neighboring town of his birthplace. He attended various primary schools in Maine. After a subsequent law school in Bangor and at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and its made ​​in 1869 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Omaha (Nebraska ). In 1870 he first moved to Minneapolis in 1871 and Moorhead, Minnesota. There he continued his legal practice. Between 1872 and 1878, Comstock was district attorney in Clay County.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1875 and 1881 he was several times elected to the House of Representatives from Minnesota. From 1882 to 1888 he sat in the state Senate. In 1882 he applied unsuccessfully for the post of Attorney General of Minnesota. Also unsuccessful was his place in the year 1884 candidacy for the post of Deputy Governor. In 1884 he gave up his profession to work in the real estate industry.

1888 Comstock was in the fifth electoral district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Knute Nelson on March 4, 1889. Since he lost to Kittel Halvorson already at the next election in 1890, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1891. 1892 Comstock was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, was nominated to the President Benjamin Harrison for a second term.

In the following years Comstock worked again in the real estate business. He was also involved in the production of agricultural supplies. Between 1897 and 1905 he was a member of the state school board of Minnesota. Then he withdrew into retirement. Solomon Comstock died on June 3, 1933 at the age of 91 years.