Elisha Litchfield

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Elisha Litchfield

Elisha Litchfield (born July 12, 1785 in Canterbury , Connecticut , † August 4, 1859 in Cazenovia , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1821 and 1825 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Elisha Litchfield was born in Canterbury, Windham County , about two years after the War of Independence . He attended community schools. Then he did an apprenticeship as a carpenter. He moved to Onondaga County and settled in Delphi (now Delphi Falls ) in 1812 . During the British-American War he held the rank of major . After the war was over, he was Justice of the Peace and Supervisor in Onondaga County. On November 28, 1817, he was appointed Postmaster at Delphi - a position he held until June 25, 1821. He went about commercial business. He then sat in the New York State Assembly in 1819, 1831 and 1833, 1844 and 1848 . Last year he held the post of speaker there .

As a result of a fragmentation of the Democratic Republican Party before and during the presidency of John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), he joined the Crawford faction. In the 1820 congressional elections for the 17th Congress , Litchfield was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 19th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded George Hall on March 4, 1821 . In 1822 he ran in the 23rd constituency of New York for the 18th Congress . After a successful election, he entered the US House of Representatives on March 4, 1823 as the first representative of the district. Since he on a run again in 1824 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1825 Congress of.

After his time at Congress, he retired from public life and active business. He settled in Cazenovia, Madison County in 1838 , where he died on August 4, 1859. His body was then interred in the Delphi Falls Baptist Church Cemetery in Delphi Falls.

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Web links

  • Elisha Litchfield in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Litchfield, Elisha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH Canterbury , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1859
Place of death Cazenovia , New York