Solomon Bundy

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Solomon Bundy

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 21st district
In office
March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879
Preceded by Samuel F. Miller
Succeeded by David Wilber

Born May 22, 1823(1823-05-22)
Oxford, New York
Died January 13, 1889 (aged 65)
Oxford, New York
Political party Republican

Solomon Bundy (May 22, 1823 - January 13, 1889) was a United States Representative from New York.

Born in Oxford, Chenango County, Bundy attended Oxford Academy. He taught school for several years, and studied law; he was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Oxford. While studying law, he served as justice of the peace and clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Chenango County, and district attorney of Chenango County (1862 - 1865). He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878.

After his political career ended, he resumed practicing law. He died in Oxford, where he was interned in Riverview Cemetery.

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Preceded by
Samuel F. Miller
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 21st congressional district

1877–1879
Succeeded by
David Wilber