Martin A. Haynes Explained

Martin Alonzo Haynes
State:New Hampshire
District:1st
Term Start:March 4, 1883
Term End:March 3, 1887
Succeeded:Luther F. McKinney
Office3:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term3:1872-1873
Birth Date:30 July 1842
Party:Republican
Spouse:Cornelia T. Lane Haynes
Children:Ruth Ida Haynes
Mary Addie Haynes
Parents:Elbridge Gerry Haynes
Caroline R Knowlton Haynes
Profession:Printer
Editor
Author
Politician
Commands:2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment
Serviceyears:1861-1864
Battles:Civil War

Martin Alonzo Haynes (July 30, 1842  - November 28, 1919) was an American politician and a United States Representative from New Hampshire.

Early life

Born in Springfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, Haynes moved with his parents to Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire in 1846. He attended the common schools and apprenticed to the printer's trade. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in June 1861 in the Union Army as a private in the Second New Hampshire Regiment and served three years.

Career

Haynes moved to Lakeport, Belknap County, New Hampshire in 1868, where he established the Lake Village Times, published every Saturday. He was publisher and editor[1] for twenty years.

Haynes served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1872 and 1873. He served as clerk of the supreme court for Belknap County, 1876-1883. He was president of the New Hampshire Veterans' Association in 1881 and 1882, and was department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1881 and 1882.

Elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses, Haynes served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

Haynes was an internal-revenue agent of the Treasury, from 1890 to 1893 and from 1898 to 1912. He established the internal-revenue service in the Philippine Islands.

Death

Haynes died in Lakeport, New Hampshire, on November 28, 1919, (age 77 years, 121 days). He is interred at Bayside Cemetery, Lakeport, New Hampshire.

Family life

Son of Elbridge Gerry and Caroline R Knowlton Haynes, he married Cornelia T. Lane on March 9, 1863 in Springfield, New Hampshire and they had two children, Ruth Ida Haynes and Mary Addie Haynes.[2]

External links


Notes and References

  1. Book: Fogg. Alonzo J.. The Statistics and Gazetteer of New Hampshire with ... Statistical Tables. 1874. D.L. Guernsey, 1874. 417. 29 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Martin Alonzo Haynes. 1997-2014 Ancestry.com. 29 August 2014.