John Mosher Bailey

Republican Representative of New York's 16th district

  • Representative

    New York, district 16

    March 18, 1879 - March 3, 1881

2

Congresses Served

2

House Terms

August 24, 1838 (77 years old)

Birthday

February 21, 1916

Death

  • Served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1878 to 1881.
  • Attended public schools and graduated from Union College in 1861.
  • Married in 1864 and had two children.
  • Served as a first lieutenant and adjutant in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
  • Graduated from Albany Law School in 1864 and began practicing law in Albany, New York.
  • Held various legal and governmental positions, including assistant district attorney and district attorney of Albany County.
  • Appointed as the United States consul to Hamburg, Germany, from 1881 to 1885.
  • Participated as a delegate in the Republican National Convention in 1888.
  • Served as surveyor of customs at Albany from 1889 to 1894 after his congressional term.
  • Died in Albany, New York, in 1916 and is interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Bethlehem, New York.