Frederick A. Tallmadge

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Frederick A. Tallmadge, 1849

Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (born August 29, 1792 in Litchfield , Connecticut , † September 17, 1869 there ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1847 and 1849 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, son of Congressman Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835) and grandson of founding father William Floyd (1734-1821), was born about nine years after the end of the Revolutionary War in Litchfield and grew up there. He received a good education and graduated from Yale College in 1811 . He studied law at Litchfield Law School . He was admitted to the bar in 1811 and then began practicing in New York City in 1813 . During the British-American War he served as a captain . In 1834 he was a member of the Board of Aldermen of New York City, and in 1836 he served as the Common Councilman . Between 1837 and 1840 he was a member of the New York Senate . During the last session he was President pro tempore . Between 1841 and 1846 he was the recorder of New York City .

Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party . In the congressional election of 1846 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Thomas M. Woodruff on March 4, 1847 . Since he on a run again in 1848 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1849 Congress of.

Between 1848 and 1851 he worked as a recorder again. He was superintendent of the Metropolitan Police between 1857 and 1862 and clerk at the New York Court of Appeals between 1862 and 1865 . He then returned to practice as a lawyer in New York City. In 1869 he returned to Litchfield, where he died on September 17th. His body was buried in the East Cemetery .

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SURNAME Tallmadge, Frederick A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tallmadge, Frederick Augustus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1792
PLACE OF BIRTH Litchfield , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1869
Place of death Litchfield , Connecticut