Jacob P. Chamberlain

Jacob P. Chamberlain

Jacob Payson Chamberlain (born August 1, 1802 in Dudley , Massachusetts , † October 5, 1878 in Seneca Falls , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1861 and 1863 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jacob Payson Chamberlain was born in Worcester County in 1802 . The family then moved to Seneca County in 1807 and settled in Seneca Falls. There he attended public schools. Afterwards he ran flour mills, malt houses and textile factories. He founded the first savings bank in the Village. Then he was a supervisor in Seneca Falls and a member of the education committee. Between 1859 and 1861 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1860 congressional elections for the 37th Congress , Chamberlain was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Emory B. Pottle on March 4, 1861 . Since he on a run again in 1862 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1863 Congress of. His time at Congress was overshadowed by the civil war.

After his time at the congress he was back in the grain milling business. He died on October 5, 1878 in Seneca Falls. His body was then interred in Restvale Cemetery .

Web links

• Jacob P. Chamberlain in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jacob P. Chamberlain in the database of Find a Grave (English)