Samuel Herrick

Samuel Herrick (born April 14, 1779 in Amenia , New York , †  June 4, 1852 in Zanesville , Ohio ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1817 and 1821 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Herrick enjoyed an academic education. After a subsequent law degree in Carlisle , Pennsylvania and his license to practice law in 1805, he began to work in St. Clairsville , Ohio in this profession. In 1810 he moved to Zanesville. In the same year he became a prosecutor in Guernsey County . He was also a federal attorney for the Ohio District. In 1814 he became a prosecutor in Licking County . He was also a member of the state militia, in which he rose to brigadier general. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1816 , Herrick was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded James Caldwell on March 4, 1817 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1821 . From 1817 to 1819 he was chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims . In 1820 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Herrick practiced as a lawyer again. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and was one of its electors in the presidential election of 1828 . He served as the state attorney for Ohio in 1829 and 1830. He died on June 4, 1852 in Zanesville, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Samuel Herrick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Samuel Herrick in the database of Find a Grave (English)