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high rank; was reelected in 1862, ant
chosen speaker of the house at the SEES
sion of 1868. In 1863 he removed to
Lewiston, where few months after he
was elected to the Legislature, and with
the opening of the legislative session
of 1864 was unanimously reelected
speaker.
At the state election of 1864 he was
elected to the house a fourth time, and
with the session of 1865 was again ten
dered the position of speaker, which he
declined, preferring to take his place
on the floor. He was also a represen-
tative to the legislature from Lewiston
"a 1868 and 1873.
In 1873 Dingley was nominated as
the republican candidate for governor
of Maine by vote of two to one
against two popular opponents and
was elected by about 10000 majority.
In 1874 he was reelected by over IL. 900
majority, declining third nomination
in 1875.
He was one of the delegates at large
from Maine to the republican national
convention in 1876 and served on the
committee on resolutions and was one
OF the subcommittee of five who
drafted the platform.
He actively participated in the presi-
Dental campaign of 1876 and in the
state conventions of 1877, rs, 20. In
lS79-S0 he was chairman of the repub-
lican executive committee. In 1881
Dingley was nominated by the repub-
leans of the second congressional dis
rict of Maine to fill the vacancy in
congress caused by the resignation of
William 4. Frye. He was elected by a
majority of over 5000, nearly twice as
large as ever before given to any can
didate in that district. He served on
the committee on banking and cur
rency. and as a member of the select
committee on alcoholic traffic, and dur
ing the session he presided several
times over the house in committee of
the whole. Mr.. Dingleys first speech
in congress was made April 25, 1882, on
protection to American shipping, the
house being in committee of the whole
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sion.
Under a joint resolution introduced
into the house by Mr. Dingley and
passed Aug. Z, 1882, he was appointed
member of a joint committee to in
vestigate the conditions and wants of
American shipbuilding and shipowning
interests. The report of the committee
drawn up by Mr.. Dingley and unani-
mously agreed to by the committee
was regarded as a very able and valu-
able document
The committee reported a bill to re-
move certain burdens on American
shipping, framed by Mr.. Dingley,
which passed the house, but there was
not time to reconcile disagreeing
amendments between the two houses
before the forty-seventh congress ex-
PRED. While this bill was under CON
sideration in the house he made a
speech on the revival of American
shipping in reply to Congressman Cox,
which placed him at once in the front
rank of congressman and gave him a
national reputation.
In 1882 he was reelected as a con
gressman-at-large for the forty eighth
congress. At the opening of congress
in December, 1884, Speaker Carlisle
appointed him at the head of the re-
publican minority on both the banking
and currency and shipowning inter
terests. Mr.. Dlngley at once re-intro-
duced his shipping bill which was
passed by the house and sent to the
senate. The latter body amended it
10y adding a provision for the encour-
agement of American postal steamship
lines, but subsequently the difference
was adjusted in conference and the bill
was approved by the president on
June "a, 1884.
On Feb 7, 1884, Mr.. Dlngley reported
from the shipping committee his bin
to constitute a bureau of navigation in
the treasury department and latei in
the month 1t was passed in the house
under a suspension of the rules Sub
sequently the senate concurred and
the bureau was organized.
Mr.. Dlngley was reelected to the
fOrty-ninth congress from the second
Maine district In 1884. At the annual
meeting OF the congressional temper
ance society in February, 1887, Mr..
Dingley was elected president. In
June, 1886, Mr.. Dingley was reelected
to the fftieth congress and again
elected to the ffty-frst congress In
1888; to the fifty-second in 1890. the
nfty-third in 1892. the ffty-fourth in
1894 and the iifty-ffth in 1896 by large
and increased majorities. In the ffty-
second and fifty-thiTd congresses he
was an active member of the commit
tee on appropriations
In forming his cabinet prior to en-
tering on the duties OF chief executive
March 4, 1897, President Mckinney ten
dered the position Of secretary of the
treasury to Mr.. Dlngey but ne declined
the OHer, preferring to retain his pc
suon as chairman of the ways and
means committee and floor leader OF
the republican majority Of the house.
Under his lead the house within six
teen days after the fifty-fifth congress
was convened in extraordinary session
on March IL, 1897, by President Nc
Kinley, passed a bill revising tine
tariff. Mr.. Dingley was a Congrega-