JOHN LYNCH,MAINE CONGRESSMAN 1860's-70'a,EXCELLENT MATTING SIGNATURE,PORTLAND ME

Description

Genuine Signature taken from Autograph book collected by a visitor to Washington D.C.
in the late 1860's.
In 1877 he established The Wahington Daily Union.
He also had been a merchant.
5" x 2 3/8"
on quality paper. blank on reverse.
John Lynch (congressman)
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.
John Lynch
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Maine
's
1st
district
In office
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873
Preceded by
Lorenzo D. M. Sweat
Succeeded by
John H. Burleigh
Member of the
Maine House of Representatives
In office
1862-1864
Personal details
Born
February 18, 1825
Portland, Maine
, U.S.
Died
July 21, 1892 (aged 67)
Portland, Maine
, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Profession
Politician
,
merchant
,
manufacturer
,
publisher
John Lynch
(February 18, 1825 – July 21, 1892) was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant, manufacturer and newspaper publisher from
Maine
.
Born in
Portland, Maine
, Lynch attended public schools as a child and graduated from
Portland High School
in 1842. He engaged in
mercantile
pursuits, was manager of the
Portland Daily Press
in 1862 and was a member of the
Maine House of Representatives
from 1862 to 1864. He was elected a
Republican
to the
United States House of Representatives
in 1864, serving from 1865 to 1873. There, Lynch served as chairman of the
Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy
from 1869 to 1871 and of the
Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury
from 1871 to 1873. Afterward, he permanently moved to
Washington, D.C.
where he established the
Washington Daily Union
in 1877 and engaged in the manufacturing of
bricks
and drain pipes. Lynch died while on a visit to
Portland, Maine
on July 21, 1892, and was interred in
Evergreen Cemetery
in Portland.