Solomon Gilman Comstock (May 9, 1842 – June 3, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 as a member of the 51st Congress of the United States of America.

Biography

Born in Argyle

Argyle, Maine

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, Penobscot County, Maine

Penobscot County, Maine

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, Comstock moved to Passadumkeag, Maine

Passadumkeag, Maine

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 with his parents in 1845; attended the rural schools, East Corinth (Maine) Academy, Maine Wesleyan Seminary

Kents Hill School

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 at Kents Hill

Kents Hill, Maine

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, and Hampden (Maine) Academy. Comstock studied law in Bangor, Maine

Bangor, Maine

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, and later, in 1868 and 1869, continued his studies at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 at Ann Arbor. He moved to Nebraska

Nebraska

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 in 1869 and settled in Omaha

Omaha

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, where he was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice. He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...

, in 1870, and to Moorhead, Minnesota

Moorhead, Minnesota

Moorhead is a city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States, and the largest city in northwest Minnesota. The population was 38,065 at the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Clay County....

, Clay County, Minnesota

Clay County, Minnesota

Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 58,999. Its name is in honor of American statesman Henry Clay, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century. Its county seat is Moorhead...

, in 1871, where he continued the practice of his profession; prosecuting attorney for Clay County 1872 – 1878.

Politics

He was elected a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Minnesota House of Representatives

The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house in the Minnesota State Legislature. There are 134 members elected to two-year terms, twice the number of members in the Minnesota Senate. Each senate district is divided in half and given the suffix A or B...

 in 1875, 1876, 1878, and 1881; served in the Minnesota Senate

Minnesota Senate

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 1882 – 1888; unsuccessful candidate for election as State attorney general in 1882 and as Lieutenant Governor in 1884; retired from law practice in 1884 and engaged in the real estate business; elected as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 to the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 in the 51st United States Congress

51st United States Congress

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, (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the 52nd Congress; delegate to the Republican National Convention

Republican National Convention

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 in 1892;

Other activities and Death

After resuming his real estate business in Moorhead, Comstock also engaged in manufacturing farm implements in 1893. He was a member of the State normal school board from 1897 to 1905, and retired from business pursuits and resided in Moorhead, Minnesota, until his death there June 3, 1933. He was buried at Prairie Home Cemetery

Prairie Home Cemetery

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