William Cogswell

William Cogswell

William Cogswell (August 23, 1838 - May 22, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Biography

Born in Bradford, Massachusetts, Cogswell attended Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, and Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.He was graduated from the Dane Law School, Harvard University, in 1860.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salem.He was commissioned a captain in the Second Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, May 11, 1861.He served as lieutenant colonel October 23, 1862.He served as colonel June 25, 1863. Brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers December 15, 1864. Mustered out July 24, 1865.He resumed the practice of his profession.He served as mayor of Salem 1867-1869, 1873, and 1874.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1870, 1871, and 1881-1883.He served in the State senate in 1885 and 1886.He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892.

Cogswell was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death in Washington, D.C., May 22, 1895.He was interred in Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Massachusetts.

ee also

*List of American Civil War generals

References

*CongBio|C000595 Retrieved on 2008-02-12

External links

* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ils:3:./temp/~pp_VdTD::@@@mdb=fsaall,app,brum,detr,swann,look,gottscho,pan,horyd,genthe,var,cai,cd,hh,yan,bbcards,lomax,ils,prok,brhc,nclc,matpc,iucpub,tgmi,lamb William Cogswell] as a member of the 50th Congress Massachusetts Delegation.

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