Ashbel P. Fitch

Ashbel Parmelee Fitch (born October 8, 1848 in Mooers , New York , † May 4, 1904 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1887 and 1893 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ashbel Parmelee Fitch was born a good eight months after the end of the Mexican-American War in Mooers, Clinton County , and grew up there. During this time he attended public schools in New York, the Williston Seminary in Easthampton ( Massachusetts ), the universities in Jena and Berlin ( Germany ) and the Columbia College Law School in New York City. In Jena he became a member of the Corps Franconia Jena . He was admitted to the bar in November 1869 and then began practicing in New York City.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party at that time . In the 1886 congressional elections for the 50th Congress , Fitch was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th constituency of New York , where he succeeded Egbert Ludovicus Many on March 4, 1887 . In the following time he joined the Democratic Party . In 1888 he ran successfully for the 51st Congress and in 1890 for the 52nd Congress , where he then chaired the Committee on Private Land Claims . He was then elected to the 53rd Congress in the 15th electoral district of New York in 1892 , where he succeeded Henry Bacon on March 4, 1893 . On December 26, 1893, however, he resigned from his seat. As a congressman, he chaired the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives during that brief tenure .

Between 1893 and 1897 he worked as a comptroller . He was President of the Trust Company of America in 1899 . He died on May 4, 1904 in New York City and was then buried in Woodlawn Cemetery .

literature

David F. Remington: Ashbel P. Fitch - Champion of old New York , Syracuse University Press (Engl.), Syracuse, New York, 2011 (digitized)

Web links

Ashbel P. Fitch in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Ashbel P. Fitch in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

↑ David F. Remington: Ashbel P. Fitch - Champion of old New York, pp. 18 ff .; it is not included in the Kösener corps lists .

personal data
SURNAME	Fitch, Ashbel P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fitch, Ashbel Parmelee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 8, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mooers , New York
DATE OF DEATH	May 4, 1904
Place of death	New York City

[1] David F. Remington: Ashbel P. Fitch - Champion of old New York, pp. 18 ff .; it is not included in the Kösener corps lists .