Abraham H. Schenck

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Abraham Henry Schenck (born January 22, 1775 in Matteawan (now Beacon ), New York Province, † June 1, 1831 in Fishkill , New York) was an American politician . Between 1815 and 1817 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Abraham Henry Schenck was born in Matteawan about three months before the outbreak of the War of Independence . He received an extensive English schooling. Then he went on to manufacture machines. Between 1804 and 1806 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . As an opponent of too strong a central government, he joined the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . In the congressional elections of 1814 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Thomas J. Oakley on March 4, 1815 . He retired from the after March 3, 1817 Congress of. Then he went to the manufacture of cotton goods . He died in Fishkill on June 1, 1831 and was buried in the Dutch Reform Churchyard in Beacon. Congressman Isaac Teller was his nephew.

Web links

  • Abraham H. Schenck in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Schenck, Abraham H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schenck, Abraham Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1775
PLACE OF BIRTH Matteawan, now Beacon , New York
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1831
Place of death Fishkill , New York