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| 1836 births | |
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| 1889 deaths | |
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Born in the town of Alden, New York , Bass attended the common schools and was graduated from Union College , Schenectady, New York , in 1856. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Buffalo, New York . He served as district attorney for Erie County 1865-1872. Renominated in 1871, but declined to accept. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress. Bass was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses ( March 4 , 1873 - March 3 , 1877 ). Because of ill health declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1876. He moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado , in 1877 and continued the practice of law. He served as general counsel for the Denver &. Rio Grande Railroad Co., from 1878 to 1884. He died in New York City, while on a visit, May 11 , 1889 . He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York . SOURCE |
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