Archibald Meserole Bliss

Archibald Meserole Bliss, (25 January, 1838 – 19 March, 1923), was a member of the United States House of Representatives.

Bliss was born in Brooklyn, New York City and attended the common schools. Between 1864 and 1867 he was an alderman of Brooklyn and served as president of the board of aldermen in 1866. In 1867 he was unsuccessful in his candidacy for mayor, which he ran on the Republican ticket.

He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864 and 1868. He was a delegate to the Liberal National Convention in 1872, and to the Democratic National Conventions of 1876, 1880, 1884, and 1888. Bliss was a member of the board of water commissioners of Brooklyn in 1871 and 1872. From 1868 until 1878 he was the president and vice-president of the Bushwick Railroad Company. He was also a Director of the New York & Long Island Bridge Company.

Bliss was elected from New York as a Congressman in the forty-fourth Congress and was re-elected three times, (4 March, 1875 to 3 March, 1883. He did not stand in 1882 but was elected to the forty-ninth and fiftieth Congresses (4 March, 1885 – 3 March, 1889). He did not run in 1888.

Whilst in Congress he served as Chairman, Committee on Pensions. From 1889 until his death in Washington D.C. on 19 March, 1923 he carried on a real estate business in Washington DC and is buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

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