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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—NevadaHorace Franklin BARTINE
(1848-1918)
BARTINE, Horace Franklin,
a Representative from Nevada; born in New York City March 21, 1848;
moved with his parents to New Jersey in 1858; attended the common
schools until fifteen years of age, when he enlisted as a private
in the Eighth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, in July 1863
and served during the last two years of the Civil War; was severely
wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness; participated in many of
the engagements of the Army of the Potomac and was present at the
surrender of the Confederate forces at Appomattox Court House;
returned to New Jersey and engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved
to Carson City, Nev., in 1869; from 1869 to 1876 engaged in the
manufacture of copper sulphate for milling purposes; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1880 and practiced in the courts of
Nevada; served as district attorney of Ormsby County 1880-1882;
elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second
Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1892; editor of the National Bimetallist, published
in Chicago, Ill., and Washington, D.C.; returned to Carson City,
Nev., in 1902; appointed State tax examiner in 1904; appointed
railroad commissioner in March 1907 and served as chief
commissioner and chairman of the commission until his death in
Winnemucca, Humboldt County, Nev., August 27, 1918; interment in
Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Ormsby County, Nev.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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