John De Mott

John De Mott

John De Mott (born October 7, 1790 in Readington , New Jersey , † July 31, 1870 in Lodi , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1847 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John De Mott was born in Hunterdon County about seven years after the War of Independence ended . The family moved to Herkimer County in 1793 and settled in what is now part of the Town of Lodi in Seneca County . There he attended community schools. He pursued an academic career. He also held the rank of major general in the 38th  Brigade of the New York Militia . He was supervisor in Covert Town in 1823 and 1824 and in Lodi Town in 1826, 1827, 1829 and 1830. De Mott did commercial business in Lodi for more than 40 years. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1833 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In 1840 he ran unsuccessfully for the 27th Congress . In the congressional elections of 1844 for the 29th Congress he was elected in the 27th  constituency of New York to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Byram Green on March 4, 1845 . Since he on a run again in 1846 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1847 Congress of.

After his time at the Congress, he pursued his previous business activities, but was also active in banking. He died in Lodi about five years after the end of the civil war . His body was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Ovid .

Web links

• John De Mott in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John De Mott in the database of Find a Grave (English)