Isaac Fletcher

Isaac Fletcher

Isaac Fletcher (born November 22, 1784 in Dunstable , Middlesex County , Massachusetts , † October 19, 1842 in Lyndon , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1837 and 1841 he represented the fifth constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Isaac Fletcher received an academic education. Until 1808 he studied at Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). He then worked as a teacher in Chesterfield himself. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1811, he began working in Lyndon in his new profession in 1812. He would later study at the University of Vermont until 1825 . Fletcher was also politically active in Vermont. Between 1819 and 1824 he was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives , while he was temporarily President of the House. From 1820 to 1829 he served as the district attorney in Caledonia County . In 1822, Fletcher served on a commission to revise the Vermont Constitution .

Fletcher became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1836 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington as their candidate in the fifth district of Vermont . There he stepped on March 4, 1837 to succeed Henry Fisk Janes , whom he had defeated in the election. After a re-election in 1838, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1841 . During this time he was chairman of the patent committee. In the elections of 1840 he was defeated by John Mattocks of the Whig Party .

After serving in Congress, Fletcher became a member of the Advisory Board to Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness . He died in October 1842 in his hometown Lyndon, where he was buried.

Web links

• Isaac Fletcher in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Isaac Fletcher in the database of Find a Grave (English)