Green Berry Raum
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Green Berry Raum (December 3, 1829 – December 18, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Golconda, Illinois, Raum attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1853 and practiced in Golconda 1853-1856. He moved to Kansas in 1856 and practiced his profession for two years. He returned to Illinois and settled in Harrisburg. During the Civil War served in the Union Army as major in the Fifty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and attained the rank of brigadier general. He resigned his commission May 6, 1865, and engaged in railroad building.
Raum was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress. He served as United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1876 to 1883 and United States Commissioner of Pensions from 1889 to 1893. He engaged in the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois, until his death there on December 18, 1909. He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia.
[edit] Reference
- Green Berry Raum at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-10
[edit] External links
- Green Berry Raum at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-10
| Preceded by Andrew J. Kuykendall |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 13th congressional district March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
Succeeded by John M. Crebs |
| Preceded by Daniel D. Pratt |
Commissioner of Internal Revenue August 2, 1876 – April 30, 1883 |
Succeeded by Walter Evans |
