Cyrus Beers

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Cyrus Beers (born June 21, 1786 in Newtown , Connecticut , † June 5, 1850 in Ithaca , New York ) was an American politician . In 1838 and 1839 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Cyrus Beers was born in Fairfield County about three years after the War of Independence ended . The family moved to New York City . He received a modest public school education. Then he went about commercial business and worked in the timber trade. In 1821 he moved to Ithaca. There he continued to pursue commercial transactions. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . He took part in 1830 as a delegate to the Democratic State Convention in Herkimer . In 1837 he was appointed Commissioner of Deeds in Ithaca.

In a by-election in the 22nd  constituency of New York, he was elected to the 25th Congress to fill the vacancy created by the death of Andrew DeWitt Bruyn . He took his seat in the US House of Representatives on December 3, 1838. Since he on a run again in 1838 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1839 Congress of. As a delegate, he attended the New York and Erie Railroad Convention in 1839 .

After his time in Congress, he went back to his previous business in Ithaca. He died there on June 5, 1850 and was then buried in the city cemetery.

Web links

  • Cyrus Beers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Beers, Cyrus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Newtown , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH June 5, 1850
Place of death Ithaca , New York