Dudley C. Haskell

Dudley C. Haskell
Dudley Chase Haskell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1877 – December 16, 1883
Preceded by John R. Goodin
Succeeded by Edward H. Funston
Personal details
Born March 23, 1842
Springfield, Vermont, USA
Died December 16, 1883
Washington, D.C., USA
Political party Republican
Profession Politician, Merchant

Dudley Chase Haskell (March 23, 1842 – December 16, 1883) was a nineteenth century politician and merchant from Kansas. He was the grandfather of Otis Halbert Holmes.

Biography

Born in Springfield, Vermont, Haskell moved to Lawrence, Kansas with his parents in 1855. He attended schools back in Springfield in 1857 and 1858, engaged in business as a shoe merchant and followed the Pike's Peak Gold Rush in 1859, residing in Pikes Peak, Colorado until 1861. During the Civil War, Haskell served as an assistant to the quartermaster of the Union Army in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and the Indian Territory in 1861 and 1862. He left the army and entered Williston’s Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts in 1863 and graduated from Yale College in 1865. Afterward, he returned to Lawrence, Kansas, engaged in the shoe business from 1865 to 1867 and was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives in 1872, 1875 and 1876, serving as Speaker of the House in 1876. Haskell was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1876, serving from 1877 until his death in Washington, D.C. on December 16, 1883. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs from 1881 to 1883. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
John R. Goodin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd congressional district

March 4, 1877 – December 16, 1883
Succeeded by
Edward H. Funston



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