John D. McCrate

John Dennis McCrate (born October 1, 1802 in Wiscasset , Lincoln County , Massachusetts , † September 11, 1879 in Sutton , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1847 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John McCrate was born in 1802 in Wiscasset, which at that time still belonged to Massachusetts and has been part of the then created state of Maine since 1820. He attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick until 1819 . After studying law and his admission as a lawyer in 1823, he began to practice in Damariscotta in his new profession. Since 1835 he was based in Wiscasset. At the same time McCrate began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1831 and 1835 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Maine ; from 1836 to 1841 he worked for the customs authorities.

In the congressional election of 1844 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Maine , where he succeeded Freeman H. Morse on March 4, 1845 . By March 3, 1847, he had only one term in Congress . This was determined by the events of the Mexican-American War , which was triggered by the accession of the Republic of Texas, which had been independent since 1836, to the Union.

After his time in the House of Representatives, John McCrate initially worked again as a lawyer in Wiscasset. Soon after, he moved to Boston , where he continued to practice as a lawyer until 1852. Then he settled in Sutton and devoted himself to agriculture. It was in this city that John McCrate died on September 11, 1879.

Web links

• John D. McCrate in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John D. McCrate in the database of Find a Grave (English)