James W. Covert

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James Way Covert (born September 2, 1842 in Oyster Bay , New York , † May 16, 1910 in Brooklyn , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1877 and 1881 and between 1889 and 1895 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Way Covert was born and raised in Oyster Bay approximately three and a half years before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War . He attended public schools and received a science education in Locust Valley, New York. Then he studied law . He was admitted to the bar in the second year of the Civil War and then began practicing in Flushing . He served as assistant prosecuting attorney in Queens . After the war between 1867 and 1870 he was school district commissioner. He then worked between 1870 and 1874 as a guardianship and probate judge ( surrogate ) in Queens.

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in 1872. In the 1876 ​​congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the first constituency of New York, where he succeeded Henry B on March 4, 1877 Metcalfe took over. After a successful re-election in 1878 , he declined to run again in 1880 and resigned from Congress on March 3, 1881 . During his tenure as a Congressman, he chaired the Committee on Agriculture ( 46th Congress ). He then sat in the New York Senate in 1882 and 1883 . In the congressional elections of 1888 he was re-elected to the US House of Representatives in the first constituency of New York, where he succeeded Perry Belmont on March 4, 1889 . He was re-elected twice in a row. Then he renounced in 1894 to run again and resigned after March 3, 1895 from the Congress. During this time he chaired the Committee on Patents ( 53rd Congress ). The following year he moved to Brooklyn, where he worked as a lawyer again. He died there on May 16, 1910 and was then buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Maspeth .

Web links

  • James W. Covert in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Covert, James W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Covert, James Way
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Oyster Bay , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1910
Place of death Brooklyn , New York