Bishop Perkins (politician)

Bishop Perkins

Bishop Perkins (born September 5, 1787 in Becket , Massachusetts , † November 20, 1866 in Ogdensburg , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bishop Perkins was born in Becket, Berkshire County , about four years after the War of Independence . He attended private school in East Granville and graduated from Williams College , Williamstown in 1807 . Then he studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1812 and then began practicing in Lisbon . He moved to Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County , where he continued to practice as a lawyer. Between 1820 and 1852 he served as a clerk on the St. Lawrence County's Board of Supervisors . He was appointed district attorney in St. Lawrence County on February 24, 1821 - a position he held until May 21, 1840. In 1846 he took part in the New York Constituent Assembly . He served in the New York State Assembly in 1846, 1847, and 1849 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1852 for the 33rd Congress , Perkins was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 17th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded Alexander H. Buell on March 4, 1853 . Since he on a run again in 1854 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1855 Congress of.

After his congress time he returned to Ogdensburg, where he worked as a lawyer again until his death on November 20, 1866. His body was then buried there in the cemetery of the same name. At that point the civil war had ended for about a year.

Web links

• Bishop Perkins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Bishop Perkins in the database of Find a Grave (English)