Eliphalet Dyer

Eliphalet Dyer (born September 14, 1721 in Windham , Colony of Connecticut , † May 13, 1807 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1774 and 1779 and again from 1782 to 1783 he was a delegate for Connecticut in the Continental Congress .

Career

In 1740 Eliphalet Dyer graduated from Yale College . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1746, he began to work in Windham in this profession. At the same time he was a member of the local militia and worked as a town clerk for the city administration. In 1746 he also became a justice of the peace in his homeland. Between 1747 and 1753 he sat several times in the colonial House of Representatives. He was involved in a project that provided for the settlement of the Susquehanna Valley . During the Seven Years' War he was a lieutenant colonel in a Connecticut unit. At the same time he continued his political career. Between 1756 and 1784 he was again a member of the colonial parliament and after 1775 the House of Representatives of Connecticut . In 1763 he represented the Susquehanna County ( Pennsylvania ) in London . A year later he became Comptroller of the Port of New London .

In 1766, Dyer was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress , which opposed British tax and customs policy. Between 1766 and 1793 he was a judge on the Superior Court of Connecticut, which he presided over from 1789. In the 1770s he joined the revolutionary movement. In 1775 he became a member of the security committee of his homeland and between 1774 and 1779 and from 1782 to 1783 he represented his state in the Continental Congress. After retiring as a judge in 1793, Eliphalet Dyer retired. He died in Windham on May 13, 1807.

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SURNAME	Dyer, Eliphalet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1721
PLACE OF BIRTH	Windham , Colony of Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	May 13, 1807
Place of death	Windham , Colony of Connecticut