Edward Howell

Edward Howell (born October 16, 1792 in Newburgh , New York , † January 30, 1871 in Bath , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Howell was born in Orange County about nine years after the War of Independence ended . He attended public schools. In 1808 he moved to Sidney and the following year from there to Unadilla , where he taught at a school. Then he moved to Bath in 1811. On December 30, 1817, he was appointed postmaster at Bath - a post he held until August 13, 1821. Between 1818 and 1821 he worked as a county clerk in Steuben County . He studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1823, he began practicing in Bath. Between 1829 and 1834 he was a district attorney in Steuben County. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1832 . Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction.

In the congressional election of 1832 for the 23rd Congress Howell was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 27th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Frederick Whittlesey on March 4, 1833 . Since he on a run again in 1834 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1835 Congress of.

Between 1836 and 1840 he was again a district attorney in Steuben County. He then practiced as a lawyer. He died in Bath about six years after the end of the Civil War and was then buried in Grove Cemetery .

Web links

• Edward Howell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Edward Howell in the database of Find a Grave (English)