Dorrance Kirtland
Dorrance Kirtland (born July 28, 1770 in Coxsackie , Province of New York , † May 23, 1840 ibid) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1817 and 1819 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Dorrance Kirtland was born and raised in Coxsackie about five years before the outbreak of the War of Independence . In 1789 he graduated from Yale College . He studied law , got his lawyer license, and then started practicing in Coxsackie. Between 1808 and 1838 he was guardianship and probate judge ( surrogate ) in Greene County .
As an opponent of an overly strong central government, he joined the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson at that time . In the congressional election of 1816 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Erastus Root on March 4, 1817 . He retired from the after March 3, 1819 Congress of.
Between 1828 and 1838 he was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas . He died in Coxsackie on May 23, 1840 and was buried in Old Coxsackie Cemetery .
Web links
- Dorrance Kirtland in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Dorrance Kirtland in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Kirtland, Dorrance |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1770 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Coxsackie , New York |
DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1840 |
Place of death | Coxsackie , New York |