James Gordon (politician, 1739)

James Gordon (born October 31, 1739 in Killead , Ireland , † January 17, 1810 in Ballston Spa , New York ) was an Irish- American officer and politician . Between 1791 and 1795 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Life

James Gordon was born during the reign of King George II . He attended the local schools. In 1758 he immigrated to the British colonies in North America (now the United States) and settled in Schenectady (New York), where he traded with the Indians . During the Revolutionary War, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the militia regiment of Albany County . He was captured and captured in Canada . He later returned to Albany . He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1777 to 1780 and from 1786 to 1790 . Then he moved to Ballston Spa.

Politically, he belonged to the pro-administration group . In the congressional elections of 1790 Gordon was elected in the sixth electoral district of New York to the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he succeeded Jeremiah Van Rensselaer on March 4, 1791 . Two years later he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the ninth electoral district of New York, where he began his service on March 4, 1793 as the first member of this district to serve. He retired from the after March 3, 1795 Congress of.

Between 1795 and 1809 he was a member of the Board of Trustees ( Board of Trustees ) at Union College in Schenectady. He was also a member of the New York Senate between 1797 and 1804 . He died on January 17, 1810 in Ballston Spa and was then buried in Briggs Cemetery .

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SURNAME	Gordon, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish-American officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 31, 1739
PLACE OF BIRTH	Killead , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH	January 17, 1810
Place of death	Ballston Spa , New York