- Bernard G. Caulfield
Bernard Gregory Caulfield (
October 18 1828 -December 19 1887 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Born in
Alexandria, Virginia , Caulfield received a classical education. He was graduated from Georgetown College,Washington, D.C. in 1848, and from the law department of theUniversity of Pennsylvania atPhiladelphia in 1850. He was admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced the practice of law inLexington, Kentucky . He moved toChicago, Illinois in 1853 and continued the practice of his profession.Caulfield was elected in 1874 as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to succeed John B. Rice, who had not sought reelection; when Rice died a month after the election, Caulfield won an additional special election to complete Rice's term in the Forty-third Congress, and served from
February 1 1875 toMarch 3 1877 . He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Forty-fourth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876.He resumed the practice of law. He moved to
Dakota Territory in 1878 and settled in Deadwood. He continued the practice of law and became a large landowner. He died in Deadwood onDecember 19 1887 . He was interred in Calvary Cemetery,St. Louis, Missouri .References
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