Moses W. Field

Moses Whelock Field (February 10, 1828 – March 14, 1889) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Field was born in Watertown, New York and moved with his parents to Cato, New York. He attended public schools and graduated from the academy in Victor, New York. He moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1844 and engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits. He served as Alderman of Detroit, 1863-1865.

He was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the 43rd Congress, serving from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress. Field was instrumental in organizing the Independent Greenback Party, having called the national convention at Indianapolis, Indiana on May 17, 1876.

Field was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan in 1888. He lived on his farm, “Linden Lawn,” in the township of Hamtramck, a suburb of Detroit, where he died. He was interred in Woodmere Cemetery.

References

• Moses W. Field at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Henry Waldron	United States Representative for the 1st Congressional District of Michigan 1873– 1875	Succeeded by Alpheus S. Williams

Persondata
Name	Field, Moses Whelock
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	February 10, 1828
Place of birth	Watertown, New York, United States
Date of death	March 14, 1889
Place of death	Hamtramck, Michigan, United States