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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KansasAbel Carter WILDER
(1828-1875)
WILDER, Abel Carter, a
Representative from Kansas; born in Mendon, Worcester County,
Mass., March 18, 1828; completed preparatory studies; engaged in
mercantile pursuits; moved to Rochester, N.Y., and continued
mercantile pursuits; moved to Leavenworth, Kans., in 1857 and again
engaged in mercantile pursuits; delegate to the Osawatomie
convention in 1859; delegate to the Republican National Convention
in 1860 and elected its chairman; served as a captain in the Kansas
brigade for one year in the Civil War; elected as a Republican to
the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); delegate
to the Republican National Conventions in 1864, 1868, and 1872;
returned to Rochester, N.Y., in 1865 and published the Morning and
Evening Express until 1868, when he retired from active business
pursuits; elected mayor of Rochester in 1872, but resigned in 1873;
died in San Francisco, Calif., December 22, 1875, while there for
his health; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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