Henry H. Ross

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Henry Howard Ross (born May 9, 1790 in Essex , New York , † September 14, 1862 there ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1825 and 1827 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Howard Ross was born and raised in Essex, Essex County , approximately seven years after the end of the Revolutionary War . He was taught by private tutors. In 1808 he graduated from Columbia College (now Columbia University ) in New York City . He studied law . After obtaining his license to practice law, he began practicing in Essex. During the British-American War he served as a second lieutenant and adjutant in the 37th  Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard . He took part in the Battle of the Bouquet River in Willsboro and in the Battle of Plattsburgh . He was then promoted to major general.

As a result of a fragmentation of the Democratic Republican Party before and during the presidency of John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), he joined the Adams faction . In the 1824 congressional elections for the 19th Congress , Ross was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 19th constituency of New York , where he succeeded John Richards on March 4, 1825 . He retired from the after March 3, 1827 Congress of.

After his time in Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer in Essex. He was a District Judge in Essex County in 1847 and 1848. In 1848 he appeared as an elector ( presidential elector ) for the Whig party to. Then he worked as a lawyer again. He died on September 14, 1862 in Essex and was buried there in a crypt on his family estate "Hickory Hill" .

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  1. ^ Henry Harmon Noble: The Battle of the Boquet River , JB Lyon Company, Printers, 1915
  2. ^ The Battle of the Bouquet River , Willsboro, New York, May 13, 1814