U.S. Congressman. He received notoriety for serving in the United States House of Representatives serving the New York 13th Congressional District. He was elected as an Adams or Federalist to the Nineteenth Congress, serving from 1825 to 1827, reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses, serving from 1829 to 1833. After his term, he was a member of the New York State constitutional convention in 1846 and was elected the first judge of Allegany County, serving from 1847 to 1851. Moving with his parents to New York, in 1792, he worked on the family farm and attended local schools. Briefly, he began to study medicine in 1807, but changed his major to law. In 1809, he was a witness in a trial. At that point, he became a handyman for William Dowse, councilor for the defense of this case. He read the law and became Dowse's clerk. He was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Burlington, New York, starting in 1817. He remained in Dowse's office until a few years after Dowse's death, when he became a member of a couple of other law firms. He married twice and both of his wives' maiden name was English. He had five children with his first wife, Emily, who he married in 1812, and after his first wife's death, he remarried in 1824 and had 10 children with his second wife Clarissa.
U.S. Congressman. He received notoriety for serving in the United States House of Representatives serving the New York 13th Congressional District. He was elected as an Adams or Federalist to the Nineteenth Congress, serving from 1825 to 1827, reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses, serving from 1829 to 1833. After his term, he was a member of the New York State constitutional convention in 1846 and was elected the first judge of Allegany County, serving from 1847 to 1851. Moving with his parents to New York, in 1792, he worked on the family farm and attended local schools. Briefly, he began to study medicine in 1807, but changed his major to law. In 1809, he was a witness in a trial. At that point, he became a handyman for William Dowse, councilor for the defense of this case. He read the law and became Dowse's clerk. He was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Burlington, New York, starting in 1817. He remained in Dowse's office until a few years after Dowse's death, when he became a member of a couple of other law firms. He married twice and both of his wives' maiden name was English. He had five children with his first wife, Emily, who he married in 1812, and after his first wife's death, he remarried in 1824 and had 10 children with his second wife Clarissa.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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