Joel Frost

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Joel Frost (born February 28, 1765 in Carmel , Province of New York , † September 11, 1827 there ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1823 and 1825 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joel Frost, son of Huldah Munson and John Frost, grew up during the British colonial era and attended public schools. On May 20, 1789 he married Martha Wright (1771–1861), daughter of Millicent Purdy and Benjamin Wright. He was in 1803 a member of the District Council of Westchester County . Between 1806 and 1808 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . In 1812, the southern part of what was then Dutchess County was separated and Putnam County was formed from it. Frost became the first guardianship and probate judge ( surrogate ) there. He held this office in the following years: 1812, 1813, between 1815 and 1819, 1821 and 1822. In 1821 he took part in the New York Constituent Assembly . Then he was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas . He moved to Schenectady . 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 Crawford faction. In the congressional elections of 1822 Frost was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of New York , where he succeeded William W. Van Wyck on March 4, 1823 . Since he on a run again in 1824 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1825 Congress of. He died on September 11, 1827 in Carmel and was buried there in Gilead Cemetery .

literature

Web links

  • Joel Frost in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Frost, Joel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Carmel , New York
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1827
Place of death Carmel , New York