CIVIL WAR ERA OPPOSITION PARTY CONGRESSMAN GENESEO NEW YORK AUTOGRAPH SIGNED VF for Sale

CIVIL WAR ERA OPPOSITION PARTY CONGRESSMAN GENESEO NEW YORK AUTOGRAPH SIGNED VF For Sale

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CIVIL WAR ERA OPPOSITION PARTY CONGRESSMAN GENESEO NEW YORK AUTOGRAPH SIGNED VF:
$9.99

WILLIAM HENRY KELSEY

(1812 – 1879)

CIVIL WAR ERA OPPOSITION PARTY and REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMANFROM GENESEO, NEW YORK 1855-1859,

CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION ERA REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM NY1867-1871

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NEW YORK DISTRICT ATTORNEY 1850-1853!

Kelsey also served as anAlternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention from New York in 1868.

Here's Kelsey’s Signature Removed From a 19thCentury Autograph Album, Signed:

“W. H. Kelsey

Geneseo,N. Y.”

The document measures 6” x 1¼” and is in VERY FINE, CLEANCONDITION.

A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR CIVIL WARERA NEW YORK POLITICAL HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERACOLLECTION!!

Biographical Sketch ofthe Honorable

William Henry Kelsey

William Henry Kelsey (October 2, 1812 –April 20, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Smyrna, New York,Kelsey attended the common schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Geneseo, NewYork. He was the Surrogate of Livingston County 1840–1844 and servedas district attorney of Livingston County 1850–1853.

Kelsey was elected as an OppositionParty candidate to the Thirty-fourthCongress and reelected as a Republicanto the Thirty-fifthCongress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). He served as chairman of theCommittee on Engraving (Thirty-fourth Congress). He was not a candidate forrenomination in 1858 to the Thirty-sixthCongress. He resumed the practice of his profession.

Kelsey was elected as a Republicanto the Fortiethand Forty-firstCongresses (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871). He voluntarily retired frompolitical life and resumed the practice of law in Geneseo, NewYork, where he died on April 20, 1879. He was interred in TempleHill Cemetery.

His brother was Edwin B. Kelsey,who was a lawyer, businessman, and Wisconsin state legislator. Another brother,Charles S. Kelsey,was also a Wisconsin legislator whose son, Otto Kelsey, was a New York legislator.

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