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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaHoratio BISBEE, Jr.
(1839-1916)
BISBEE, Horatio, Jr., a
Representative from Florida; born in Canton, Oxford County, Maine,
May 1, 1839; attended the public schools, and was graduated from
Tufts College, Medford, Mass., in 1863; during the Civil War served
as a private for three months in the Fifth Regiment, Massachusetts
Volunteer Infantry; mustered out the middle of July 1861; appointed
captain in the Ninth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, in
September 1861; promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and
afterwards to the rank of colonel; honorably mustered out of the
service with the latter rank in March 1863; moved to Illinois in
1863; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Chicago in 1864 and
commenced practice in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1865; United States
attorney for the northern district of Florida 1869-1873 and for a
short period filled the office of attorney general of the State;
presented credentials as a Republican Member-elect to the
Forty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1877, to February 20,
1879, when he was succeeded by Jesse J. Finley, who contested the
election; successfully contested the election of Noble A. Hull to
the Forty-sixth Congress and served from January 22, 1881, to March
3, 1881; successfully contested the election of Jesse J. Finley to
the Forty-seventh Congress and served from June 1, 1882, to March
3, 1883; reelected to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4,
1883-March 3, 1885); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884
to the Forty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of his
profession; died in Dixfield, Oxford County, Maine, March 27, 1916;
interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Bibliography
Klingman, Peter D. “Inside the Ring: Bisbee-Lee
Correspondence, February-April 1880.” Florida Historical
Quarterly 57 (October 1978): 187-204.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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