Henry C. Martindale

Henry Clinton Martindale (born May 6, 1780 in Berkshire County , Massachusetts , † April 22, 1860 in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls ), Washington County , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician .

Career

Martindale graduated from Williams College , Williamstown in 1800 . He then studied law , was admitted to the bar and practiced in Sandy Hill (New York) from 1801 until his death in 1860. He also served from 1816 to 1819 as a guardianship and probate judge (surrogate) of Washington County and from 1821 to 1828 as a district attorney .

Martindale was elected as an Adams - Clay Democratic Republican in the 18th US Congress . He was then re-elected as an Adams candidate in the 19th and 20th US Congresses and as an anti-Jacksonian in the 21st US Congress . Martindale served from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1831 in the US House of Representatives . Then he was re-elected to the US Congress as an anti-Mason to the 23rd US Congress , where he served from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1835.

He was later appointed canal surveyor by Governor William H. Seward , a post he held between 1840 and 1843. He died at Sandy Hill in 1860 and was then buried in Kingsbury Cemetery in Kingsbury, New York.

family

His son was John Martindale , a Union general during the Civil War and Attorney General of New York.

Web links

• Henry C. Martindale in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)