John Holroyd Bagley Jr.
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the Greene County district
In office
January 1, 1888 – December 31, 1888
Preceded byFrancis G. Walters
Succeeded byFrancis G. Walters
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 15th district
In office
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Preceded byThomas Cornell
Succeeded byLewis Beach
In office
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Preceded byEli Perry
Succeeded byStephen L. Mayham
Personal details
BornNovember 26, 1832 (1832-11-26)
Hudson, New York, US
DiedOctober 23, 1902 (1902-10-24) (aged 69)
Catskill, New York, US
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLydia M. Wicht Bagley
ChildrenLydia Wicht Bagley
Profession
  • mining
  • real estate
  • banker
  • politician

John Holroyd Bagley Jr. (November 26, 1832 – October 23, 1902) was an American politician and a United States representative from New York, serving two non-consecutive terms from 1875 to 1877, and from 1883 to 1885.

Biography

Born in Hudson, New York, Bagley attended the common schools. He married Lydia M. Wicht, and they had a daughter, Lydia Wicht.

Career

In 1852 Bagley went to California and engaged in mining and other pursuits. He returned to New York and engaged in steamboating on the Hudson River. He settled in Catskill, Greene County and engaged in mercantile pursuits and the manufacture of leather. He was supervisor of the town of Catskill from 1860 to 1864.

Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress, Bagley was a U.S. Representative for the fifteenth district of New York. He served from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1876 and resumed his former mercantile pursuits. He was then elected to the Forty-eighth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885.[1] During the Forty-eight Congress he was chairman of the Committee on Manufactures. Not a candidate for renomination in 1884, he engaged in banking and the insurance business and also served as vice president of the Catskill Mountain Railway Co.

Trustee of the village of Catskill, Bagley was also a member of the New York State Assembly (Greene Co.) in 1888. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress.

Death

Bagley died in Catskill, Greene County, New York, on October 23, 1902 (age 69). He is interred at Village Cemetery, Catskill, New York.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "John H. Bagley Jr". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "John H. Bagley Jr". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 10 August 2013.


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