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Bainbridge Wadleigh ( January 4 , 1831 - January 24 , 1891 ) was a United States Senator from New Hampshire . Born in Bradford , he attended the common schools and Kimball Union Academy ( Meriden, New Hampshire ). He studied law, was admitted to the Bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Milford . He served six terms as town Moderator and was a member of the New Hampshire House Of Representatives in 1855-1856, 1859-1860, and from 1869 to 1872. Wadleigh was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4 , 1873 , to March 3 , 1879 ; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Patents (Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Privileges and Elections (Forty-fifth Congress). He resumed the practice of law in Boston , where he died in 1891; interment was in West Street Cemetery, Milford. REFERENCES
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