Richard Sheppard Molony was a U.S. Representative

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 from Illinois

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Born in Northfield, New Hampshire

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, Molony studied medicine. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical School

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, Hanover, New Hampshire

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, in 1838 and commenced the practice of his profession in Belvidere, Illinois

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. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1852.

Molony was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Thirty-second

32nd United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852. He moved to Humboldt, Nebraska

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, and engaged in agricultural pursuits 1866-1891. In 1882 he declined the Democratic nomination for United States Senator from Nebraska on account of ill health. He was again a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1884. He died in Humboldt, Nebraska, December 14, 1891. He was interred in Belvidere Cemetery, Belvidere, Illinois

Belvidere, Illinois

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