Keywords: James Cavanaugh - Brady-Handy.jpg Hon James Michael Cavanaugh of Minnesota Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 00180 CALL NUMBER LC-BH83- 258 <P P>P P between 1860 1875 Creator Mathew Brady Creator Levin Corot Handy PD LOC-image cwpbh 00180 July 4 1823 October 30 1879 was a Representative from Minnesota and a Delegate from the Territory of Montana He was born in Springfield July 4 1823 and received an academic education He engaged in newspaper work studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1854 and began practice in Davenport He then moved to Chatfield Fillmore County Minnesota in 1854 and continued the practice of law; upon the admission of Minnesota as a State into the Union in 1858 was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress and served from May 11 1858 to March 3 1859; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress; moved to Colorado in 1861 and resumed the practice of law; also engaged in mining; member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; moved to Montana in 1866; elected as a Democrat a Delegate to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses March 4 1867 March 3 1871 ; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1870; engaged in the practice of law in New York City; returned to Colorado in 1879 and settled in Leadville where he died October 30 1879; interment in Greenwood Cemetery New York City This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-Brady-Handy DEFAULTSORT Cavanaugh James Michael Members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota 1823 births 1879 deaths Delegates to the United States House of Representatives Photographs by Mathew Brady and Levin Handy Black and white photographic portraits of men |