Charles McVean

Charles McVean (born 1802 in Johnstown , New York , † September 1, 1848 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles McVean was born near Johnstown in Fulton County in the early 19th century . He pursued an academic career. McVean was studying law . After receiving his license, he began practicing in Johnstown. Between 1827 and 1831 he worked as an editor for a newspaper in Canajoharie . Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction.

In the congressional elections of 1832 for the 23rd Congress he was elected in the 15th electoral district of New York to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Michael Hoffman on March 4, 1833 . Since he on a run again in 1834 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1835 Congress of.

Between 1836 and 1839 he was a district attorney in Montgomery County . He then moved to New York City in 1839, where he resumed his practice as a lawyer. On January 24, 1844, he was appointed guardianship and probate judge ( surrogate ) in New York County - a position he held until 1848. He was then appointed to the United States Attorney for the southern district on September 1, 1848 , but died on December 22, 1848 in New York City. His body was then interred in St. Andrew's Cemetery .

Web links

• Charles McVean in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles McVean in the database of Find a Grave (English)