David M. De Witt

David M. De Witt

David Miller De Witt (born November 25, 1837 in Paterson , New Jersey , † June 23, 1912 in Kingston , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1873 and 1875 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Miller De Witt was born about nine years before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War in Paterson, Passaic County , and lived there for the first few years. The De Witt family then moved to New York in 1845 and settled in the then still independent city of Brooklyn . There he attended public schools, a select school in Saugerties and the local academy in Kingston. In 1858 he graduated from Rutgers College in New Brunswick . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and then began practicing in Kingston. He was principal of the New Paltz Academy in 1861 and 1862 (later a normal school in New York). Between 1863 and 1870 he was a district attorney in Ulster County . He suffered a defeat in his re-election. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1872 for the 43rd Congress , De Witt was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 14th constituency of New York , where he succeeded Eli Perry on March 4, 1873 . Since he on a run again in 1874 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1875 Congress of.

After his time at Congress he went back to his activity as a lawyer and devoted himself to literary work. Between 1878 and 1881 he was Assistant Corporation Counsel in Brooklyn. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1883 . In 1884 he was Corporation Counsel in Kingston. On November 20, 1885, he was guardianship and probate judge ( surrogate ) in Ulster County - a position he held until December 31, 1886. Then he worked as a lawyer again. He died on June 23, 1912 in Kingston and was then buried in the Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery .

Web links

• David M. De Witt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David M. De Witt in the database of Find a Grave (English)