Grattan H. Wheeler

Grattan Henry Wheeler (born August 25, 1783 in Providence , Rhode Island , † March 11, 1852 in Wheeler , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1833 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Grattan Henry Wheeler was born in Providence County about two weeks before the end of the Revolutionary War . He attended public schools and a preparatory school . The family then moved to New York and settled in Steuben County around 1800 . He worked as a farmer and forest worker for Wheeler, New York. He then sat in the New York State Assembly in 1822, 1824, and 1826, and in the New York Senate between 1826 and 1830 . Politically, he was a member of the Anti-Masonic Party at that time .

In the 1830 congressional elections for the 22nd Congress , Wheeler was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 28th constituency of New York , where he succeeded John Magee on March 4, 1831 . He suffered a defeat in his renewed candidacy in 1832 and then left the Congress after March 3, 1833 .

After his time at Congress, he went about his previous business activities. In the presidential election of 1840 he ran as an elector for the Whig Party . He died in Wheeler about three years after the end of the Mexican-American War . His body was then interred in a private cemetery on the Wheeler estate.

literature

Journal of the House of Representatives, Second Session, 22nd Congress , 1832, Duff Green, p. 4
Niles' Weekly Register , Volumes 59-60, 1841, p. 229
The New York Annual Register , J. Leavitt, 1831, p. 32.
The New York Civil List , Franklin Benjamin Hough, Weed, Parsons & Co., 1858, p. 315.

Web links

Grattan H. Wheeler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Grattan H. Wheeler in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Grattan H. Wheeler at The Political Graveyard

Individual evidence

↑ A preparatory school is a private secondary school that prepares its students specifically for study at a college or university; similar to a high school.

personal data
SURNAME	Wheeler, Grattan H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Wheeler, Grattan Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 25, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Providence , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH	March 11, 1852
Place of death	Wheeler , New York

[1] A preparatory school is a private secondary school that prepares its students specifically for study at a college or university; similar to a high school.