John Mattocks

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John Mattocks

John Mattocks (born March 4, 1777 in Hartford , Connecticut , † August 14, 1847 in Peacham , Vermont ) was an American lawyer and politician and governor of the state of Vermont from 1843 to 1844 . He also represented his state three times between 1821 and 1843 for a two-year legislative period as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Early years

John Mattocks studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1797. Then he began to work in this profession. He also became a director of the Vermont State Bank . He later moved to Peacham.

Political advancement to Congress

At the time, Mattocks was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1807 and 1824 he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives several times, with a few interruptions . During the British-American War of 1812 , Mattocks was Brigadier General of the Militia. He was first elected to Congress in the 1820 elections. There he completed a legislative period between March 4, 1821 and March 3, 1823. In 1824 he returned to Congress after a two year hiatus. In his second term of office between March 1825 and March 1827 he was chairman of the Committee for the Control of Expenditures of the Ministry of War. From 1833 to 1834, John Mattocks served as a judge on the Vermont Supreme Court . In 1836 he was a member of a conference to revise the state constitution.

After his party broke up in the 1820s, Mattocks joined the Whig Party . As a candidate for that party, he was re-elected to the House of Representatives in Washington in 1840 . He stayed there between 1841 and 1843. In 1843 he was elected the new governor of his state. However, this election was so close that the legislature had to make the decision on the outcome of the election in its favor.

Governor of Vermont and another résumé

John Mattocks took up his new office on October 13, 1843. Mattocks was a staunch opponent of slavery . Then he was so shaken by the death of one of his sons that he did not stand for re-election in 1844. Then he withdrew from politics. John Mattocks died in August 1847. He had five children with his wife, Esther Newell.

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SURNAME Mattocks, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Hartford , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1847
Place of death Peacham , Vermont