George W. Ladd

George Washington Ladd

Ladd in 1882's "Public Men of To-Day" by Phineas Camp Headley.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by Llewellyn Powers
Succeeded by Charles A. Boutelle
Personal details
Born September 28, 1818
Augusta, Maine
Died January 30, 1892 (aged 73)
Bangor, Maine
Resting place Mount Hope Cemetery
Political party Greenback
Other political
affiliations		 Whig;[1] Constitutional Union[2]
Spouse(s) Marcia C. P. Ingraham
Children Abbie Coney Ladd;
Sarah Josephine Ladd;
William Hamilton Ladd.[1]
Profession Druggist

George Washington Ladd (September 28, 1818 – January 30, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.

Life history

Ladd was born on September 28, 1818[3] to Joseph and Sarah (Hamlin) Ladd in Augusta, Maine.[1] Ladd attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary.

He engaged in the drug business in Bangor, Maine.

Ladd married Marcia C. P. Ingraham[3] on October 9, 1839.[1]

Later engaged in the lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery business in Bangor. He was also interested in railroad development.

In 1868 Ladd was the Democratic Party nominee for Maine's 4th congressional district.[1]

Ladd was elected as a Greenback Party candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883). He was one of only 13 successful Greenback Party candidates for the 46th Congress, and one of 10 for the 47th. In both congresses he was one of only four Greenback congressmen from the northeast, the party's major strength being in the Midwest and South.

Ladd served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress).

Ladd was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the (Forty-eighth Congress).

Death and burial

Ladd died in Bangor, Maine, January 30, 1892. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

End notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ladd, Warren (1890), The Ladd Family: A Genealogical and Biographical Memoir of the Descendants of Daniel Ladd, of Haverhill, Mass., Joseph Ladd, of Portsmouth, R.I., John Ladd, of Burlington, N.J., John Ladd, of Charles City Co., Va, New Bedford, Massachusetts: Warren Ladd, p. 180.
  2. ↑ Ladd, Warren (1890), The Ladd Family: A Genealogical and Biographical Memoir of the Descendants of Daniel Ladd, of Haverhill, Mass., Joseph Ladd, of Portsmouth, R.I., John Ladd, of Burlington, N.J., John Ladd, of Charles City Co., Va, New Bedford, Massachusetts: Warren Ladd, p. 181.
  3. 1 2 Ladd, Warren (1890), The Ladd Family: A Genealogical and Biographical Memoir of the Descendants of Daniel Ladd, of Haverhill, Mass., Joseph Ladd, of Portsmouth, R.I., John Ladd, of Burlington, N.J., John Ladd, of Charles City Co., Va, New Bedford, Massachusetts: Warren Ladd, p. 77.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Llewellyn Powers		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 4th congressional district
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 		Succeeded by
Charles A. Boutelle

References

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