| LC control no. | no 99077701 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Conger, Omar D. (Omar Dwight), 1818-1898 |
| Variant(s) | Conger, O. D. (Omar Dwight), 1818-1898 |
| Birth date | 1818-04-01 |
| Death date | 1898-07-11 |
| Place of birth | Cooperstown (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Ocean City (Md.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. House Michigan. Legislature. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Judges |
| Found in | To the members of the Congress of the United States, 1891: p. 13 (O.D. Conger) OCLC, 9-28-1999 (hdgs.: Conger, Omar D.; Conger, Omar Dwight, 1818-1898; usage: Omar D. Conger) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 1, 2024: (Conger, Omar Dwight, a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., April 1, 1818; moved with his father to Huron County, Ohio, in 1824; pursued academic studies at Huron Institute, Milan, Ohio, and was graduated from Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio, in 1841; engaged in mineral explorations of the Lake Superior copper and iron regions in connection with the Michigan State Geological Survey 1845-1847; engaged in the practice of law in Port Huron, Mich., in 1848; elected judge of the St. Clair county court in 1850; member, State senate 1855-1859, and served as President pro tempore in 1859; member of the State military board during the Civil War, holding the rank of colonel; member of the State constitutional convention in 1866; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1869, until March 3, 1881, when he resigned to become Senator; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Forty-second Congress), Committee on Patents (Forty-third Congress); elected in 1881 as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1887; unsuccessful candidate for renomination; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Forty-seventh Congress), Committee on Revision of the Laws (Forty-eighth Congress), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Forty-ninth Congress); engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; died in Ocean City, Worcester County, Md., July 11, 1898; interment in Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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