Alexander H. Bailey

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Alexander H. Bailey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district
In office November 30, 1867 - March 3, 1871
Preceded by	Roscoe Conkling
Succeeded by	Ellis H. Roberts

Born	August 14, 1817 Minisink, New York
Died	April 20, 1874 Rome, New York
Political party	Republican

Alexander Hamilton Bailey (August 14, 1817 - April 20, 1874) was a United States Representative from New York.

Bailey was born in Minisink, Orange County, New York on August 14, 1817. He graduated from Princeton College in 1837, where he studied law and later was admitted to the bar and commenced practice, thereafter. examiner in chancery of Greene County, New York 1840 - 1842; justice of the peace of the town of Catskill for four years; member of the State assembly in 1849; judge of Greene County 1851 - 1855; moved to Rome, New York in 1856 and continued the practice of law; served in the State senate 1861 - 1864; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Roscoe Conkling; reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from November 30, 1867 to March 3, 1871; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Forty-first Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1870; elected judge of the Oneida County Court in 1871 and served until his death in Rome, New York on April 20, 1874; interment in Rome Cemetery.

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Preceded by Roscoe Conkling	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1867 - 1871	Succeeded by Ellis H. Roberts

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