Aaron H. Cragin

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Aaron Harrison Cragin
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New Hampshire's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
Preceded by Harry Hibbard
Succeeded by Thomas M. Edwards
United States Senator
from New Hampshire
In office
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1877
Preceded by John P. Hale
Succeeded by Edward H. Rollins
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office
1852-1855
Personal details
Born (1821-02-03)February 3, 1821
Weston, Vermont
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Washington, D.C.
Resting place School Street Cemetery
Lebanon, Grafton County
New Hampshire
Nationality USA
Political party American Party
Republican
Spouse(s) Isabella Tuller Cragin
Children Harry Wilton Cragin
Parents Aaron Cragin
Sarah Whitney Cragin
Occupation Lawyer
Politician

Aaron Harrison Cragin (February 3, 1821 – May 10, 1898) was an American politician and a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.

Early life

Born in Weston, Vermont, Cragin completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in Albany, New York in 1847 and commenced practice in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Career

Cragin was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1852 to 1855.

Elected by the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress, Cragin served from (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859).[1] While in the House of Representatives, he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Thirty-fourth Congress).

Cragin resumed the practice of law and in 1859 was again a member of the State house of representatives. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Republican Convention in Chicago, and a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists convention in 1866.[2] He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1864; was reelected in 1870, and served from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1877.[3] While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills (Thirty-ninth Congress) and a member of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses), the Committee on Naval Affairs (Forty-first and Forty-third Congresses), and the Committee on Railroads (Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses).[4]

Appointed by President Rutherford Hayes as one of the commissioners for the purchase of the Hot Springs Reservation in Arkansas, Cragin served as chairman from 1877 to 1879.[5]

Death

Cragin died in Washington, D.C. on May 10, 1898 (age 77 years, 96 days). He is interred at School Street Cemetery, Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Family life

Son of Aaron and Sarah Whitney, Cragin married Isabella Tuller and they had a son, Harry Wilton Cragin, who graduated from Yale University and was appointed third assistant in the United States Patent Office.[6]

References

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United States Senate
Preceded by U.S. Senator (Class 2) from New Hampshire
1865–1877
Served alongside: Daniel Clark, George G. Fogg, James W. Patterson, Bainbridge Wadleigh		 Succeeded by
Edward H. Rollins
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by U.S. Representative for the 3rd District of New Hampshire
1855–1859		 Succeeded by
Thomas M. Edwards
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