Henry R. Storrs

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Henry Randolph Storrs (born September 3, 1787 in Middletown , Connecticut , † July 29, 1837 in New Haven , Connecticut) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1817 and 1821 and between 1823 and 1831 . Congressman William L. Storrs was his brother.

Career

Henry Randolph Storrs was born and raised in Middletown about four years after the War of Independence . In 1804 he graduated from Yale College . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1807 and then began practicing in Champion , Jefferson County . He later practiced law in Whitesboro and Utica .

Politically, he belonged to the Federalist Party at that time . In the congressional elections of 1816 for the 15th Congress , Storrs was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 14th constituency of New York , where he succeeded Alfred Conkling on March 4, 1817 . After a successful re-election he suffered in 1820 a defeat and withdrew from the after March 3, 1821 Congress of. As an Adams Clay Federalist, he ran in 1822 in the 16th electoral district of New York for the 18th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded Thomas R. Gold on March 4, 1823 . In 1824 he was elected as a member of the Adams faction in the 19th Congress and in 1826 in the 20th Congress . As a member of the anti-Jacksonian faction he was elected to the 21st Congress in 1828 . He then resigned from Congress on March 3, 1831. As a Congressman, he chaired the Committee on Naval Affairs (19th Congress). The US House of Representatives appointed him in 1830 to one of the conductors, the one impeachment proceedings ( impeachment proceedings ) against James H. Peck headed, a federal judge in the District of Missouri .

Between 1825 and 1829 he was chief judge ( presiding judge ) at the Court of Common Pleas in Oneida County . He then moved to New York City, where he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on July 29, 1837 in New Haven and was then buried in Grove Street Cemetery .

Web links

  • Henry R. Storrs in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Storrs, Henry R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Storrs, Henry Randolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH Middletown , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1837
Place of death New Haven , Connecticut