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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Moses W. Field |
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, Michigan , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 10, 1828
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| Died | March 14, 1889
(61 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | FIELD, Moses Whelock, a Representative from Michigan; born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., February 10, 1828; moved with his parents to Cato, Cayuga County, N.Y.; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the academy in Victor, N.Y.; moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1844 and engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits; alderman of Detroit 1863-1865; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; instrumental in organizing the Independent Greenback Party, having called the national convention at Indianapolis, Ind., May 17, 1876; regent of the University of Michigan in 1888; lived on his farm, “Linden Lawn,” in the township of Hamtramck, a suburb of Detroit, where he died March 14, 1889; interment in Woodmere Cemetery.
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