Aaron Augustus Sargent
Born: September 28, 1827
Birthplace: Newburyport, Massachusetts
Father: Aaron Peaslee Sargent 1800 – 1863
Mother: Elizabeth Stanwood 1799 –
Wife: Ellen Swett Clark 1826 – 1911
Children:
Ellen C. Sargent Montgomery 1854 – 1908
Dr. Elizabeth R. Sargent 1857 – 1900
George Clark Sargent 1860 – 1930
Political Party: Republican Party Education:
Apprenticed as a Shoemaker
Occupation before War:
Worked as Printer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Secretary to a United States Congressman in Washington, D.C.
Staff Member of Nevada Daily Journal Newspaper
Owner of Nevada Dailey Journal Newspaper
1854 – 1855: Attorney in Nevada City, California
1855 – 1856: Nevada County, California District Attorney
1856: California State Senator
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from California
1861 – 1863: Ranking Member House Public Buildings Expenditures
1861 – 1863: Ranking Member House Treasury Department Expenditures
1861 – 1863: Ranking Member House Pacific Railroad Committee
1862: Declined to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress
1863 – 1869: Attorney and Newspaper Owner in Nevada City
Occupation after War:
1869 – 1873: United States Congressman from California
1869 – 1873: Member of House Appropriations Committee
1869 – 1873: Member of House Mines and Mining Committee
1872: Choose not to be a candidate for re-nomination to U.S. Congress
1873 – 1879: United States Senator from California
1873 – 1879: Member of Senate Appropriations Committee
1873 – 1875: Member of Senate Mines and Mining Committee
1875 – 1877: Chairman of Senate Mines and Mining Committee
1878: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection as U.S. Senator
1879 – 1882: Attorney in San Francisco, California
1882 – 1884: United States Minister to Germany
Declined appointment as United States Minister to Russia
1884 – 1887: Attorney in San Francisco, California
1885: Unsuccessful Republican Party Candidate for U.S. Senator
Died: August 14, 1887
Place of Death: San Francisco, California
Age at time of Death: 59 years old
Burial Place: Pioneer Cemetery, Nevada City, California
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