Joel Thompson

Joel Thompson (born October 3, 1760 in Stanford , New York Province, † February 8, 1843 in Brooklyn , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1813 and 1815 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joel Thompson was born in Stanford, Dutchess County , during the British colonial era . He attended community schools in Smyrna . Then he studied law . After obtaining his license to practice law, he began practicing in Duanesburg and Sherburne . During the War of Independence , he served in the Continental Army in 1779 and 1780 . He sat in the New York State Assembly in 1798, 1803, and 1804 , representing Albany County once and Chenango County twice . In July 1799, he became associate judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Chenango County - a position he held until June 1807. At that time, he became a judge in Chenango County. He held this post until March 16, 1814. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party .

In the congressional elections of 1812 for the 13th Congress he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 15th constituency of New York , where he succeeded Peter Buell Porter on March 4, 1813 . He retired from the after March 3, 1815 Congress of.

After his time in Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer in Sherburne. He died on February 8, 1843 in the then still independent city of Brooklyn and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery . About three years later the Mexican-American War broke out.

Web links

• Joel Thompson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joel Thompson in the database of Find a Grave (English)