- Solomon Comstock
Solomon Gilman Comstock (
May 9 ,1842 –June 3 ,1933 ) was aU.S. Representative fromMinnesota as a member of the51st Congress of theUnited States of America .Biography
Born in
Argyle ,Penobscot County, Maine , Comstock moved toPassadumkeag, Maine with his parents in 1845; attended the rural schools, East Corinth (Maine) Academy, Maine Wesleyan Seminary atKents Hill , and Hampden (Maine) Academy. Comstock studied law inBangor, Maine , and later, in 1868 and 1869, continued his studies at theUniversity of Michigan atAnn Arbor . He moved toNebraska in 1869 and settled inOmaha , where he was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice. He moved toMinneapolis, Minnesota , in 1870, and toMoorhead, Minnesota ,Clay County, Minnesota , in 1871, where he continued the practice of his profession; prosecuting attorney for Clay County 1872 – 1878.Politics
He was elected a member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives in 1875, 1876, 1878, and 1881; served in theMinnesota Senate 1882 – 1888; unsuccessful candidate for election as State attorney general in 1882 and as Lieutenant Governor in 1884; retired from law practice in 1884 and engaged in the real estate business; elected as a Republican to theUnited States House of Representatives in the51st United States Congress , (March 4 ,1889 –March 3 ,1891 ); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the 52nd Congress; delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1892;Other activities and Death
After resuming his real estate business in Moorhead, Comstock also engaged in manufacturing farm implements in 1893. He was a member of the State normal school board from 1897 to 1905, and retired from business pursuits and resided in Moorhead, Minnesota, until his death there
June 3 ,1933 . He was buried atPrairie Home Cemetery .References
* [http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11773 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]
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