18 Facts About Solomon Comstock

Solomon Gilman Comstock was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Minnesota's 5th congressional district from 1889 to 1891.

Solomon Comstock attended rural schools, East Corinth Academy, Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kents Hill, and Hampden Academy.

Solomon Comstock moved to Nebraska in 1869 and settled in Omaha, where he was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice.

Solomon Comstock moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1870 and to Moorhead, Minnesota, in 1871, where he became a railroad construction laborer.

When Clay County government was established in April 1872 in response to the killing of Slim Jim Shumway by Shang Stanton, Solomon Comstock was the only man in town with a law degree.

Consequently Solomon Comstock was Clay County attorney from 1872 to 1878.

Solomon Comstock was elected a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1875,1876,1878, and 1881.

Solomon Comstock served in the Minnesota Senate from 1882 to 1888.

Solomon Comstock was an unsuccessful candidate for attorney general of Minnesota in 1882 and as lieutenant governor in 1884.

Solomon Comstock retired from law practice in 1884 and engaged in the real estate business.

Solomon Comstock was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in the 51st United States Congress,.

Solomon Comstock was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the 52nd Congress and served as a delegate to the 1892 Republican National Convention.

Solomon Comstock donated land to build the Bishop Whipple School in 1882, which later became Concordia College.

Solomon Comstock sponsored a bill and donated six acres of land in 1885 to help create the Moorhead Normal School, now Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Solomon Comstock was a member of the state normal school board from 1897 to 1905, and retired from business pursuits and resided in Moorhead, Minnesota, until his death on June 3,1933.

Solomon Comstock was buried at Prairie Home Cemetery in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Solomon Comstock married Sarah Ann Ball on May 27,1874 in Fargo, North Dakota.

Solomon Comstock is the namesake of Comstock, Minnesota, as well as Comstock Township, Marshall County, Minnesota.