History of Ocean City, (Worcester County) Maryland United States of America

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Omar Dwight Conger, senator, was born at Cooperstown, N.Y., April 11, 1818; son of the Rev. Enoch and Esther (West) Conger. He was taken to Huron county, Ohio, in 1824, and was prepared for college at Huron institute. He entered the Western Reserve university from Plymouth, Richland county, Ohio, and was graduated in 1841. He was employed on the geological survey of the Lake Superior copper and iron regions, 1845-47, and in 1848 settled at Port Huron, Mich., as a lawyer. In 1850 he was appointed judge of the St. Clair county court and in 1855 was elected state senator, holding the office until 1859, acting as president pro tempore of that body during the last year of his service. He was a presidential elector in 1864, and a member of the state constitutional convention of 1867. He was a representative from Michigan in the 41st-47th congresses, 1869-81, becoming an acknowledged leader in the house. In 1881 he was elected U.S. senator, and after the expiration of his senatorial term in 1887 he opened a law office in Washington, D. C., where he practised until his death. Western Reserve conferred upon him the degree of LL. D. in 1879. He died in Ocean City, Md., July 11, 1898.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Ocean City, (Worcester County) Maryland

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