Solomon G. Haven

Solomon George Haven ( born November 27, 1810 Chenango County, New York, † December 24, 1861 in Buffalo, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1851 and 1857 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Solomon Haven attended the public schools of his home. He also received private lessons for the study of classical music. Later he acquired some knowledge of basic medicine. After a subsequent law degree in 1835 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in Buffalo in this profession. He was a partner in the law firm of the future President Millard Fillmore. He was also Clerk of ( Commissioner of Deeds ). Between 1844 and 1846 practiced Haven the office of district attorney in Erie County from; 1846 to 1847 he was mayor of Buffalo. Politically, he joined the Whig party to.

In the congressional elections of 1850 Haven was the 32nd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Elbridge G. Spaulding on March 4, 1851. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1857 three legislative periods. Since 1855, he was there as a representative of the short-lived opposition party. His time as an MP was shaped by the events leading up to the Civil War. In 1856 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Solomon Haven again practiced as a lawyer. In 1860 he sought unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died on December 24, 1861 in Buffalo, where he was also buried.