James Cochran (politician, 1769)

James Cochran (born February 11, 1769 in Albany , New York Province, † November 7, 1848 in Oswego , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1797 and 1799 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Cochran was born in Albany and grew up during the British colonial era. In 1788 he graduated from Columbia College (now Columbia University ) in New York City . He studied law and was admitted to the bar. Cochran enlisted in the US Army and President John Adams made him a major . Between 1796 and 1820 he was regent at the University of the State of New York . Politically he belonged to the Federalist Party .

In the congressional elections of 1796 , Cochran was elected in the tenth constituency of New York in the US House of Representatives, which was still in Philadelphia at the time , where he succeeded William Cooper on March 4, 1797 . He retired from the after March 3, 1799 Congress of.

Between 1814 and 1818 he was a member of the New York Senate . In 1826 he moved to Oswego. On September 27, 1841 he was appointed postmaster - a position he held until July 21, 1845. Cochran was editor of the Oswego Democratic Gazette for several years . He died on November 7, 1848 in Oswego and was then buried in Riverside Cemetery .

literature

• Franklin Benjamin Hough, "The New York civil list," Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 68, 79, 122f, 139 and 870.

Web links

• James Cochran in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Cochran in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Remarks

1. ^ Member of the board of directors of a university