John Ely (politician, 1774)

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John Ely (born October 8, 1774 in Saybrook , Colony of Connecticut , † August 20, 1849 in Coxsackie , New York ) was an American doctor and politician . Between 1839 and 1841 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Ely, son of Sarah Worthington and Colonel John Ely, was born in Saybrook about seven months before the outbreak of the War of Independence . He studied medicine and then started practicing in Coxsackie. Ely was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1806 and 1812 . In 1807 he was one of the founders of the New York State and Greene County Medical Societies and the Albany Female Academy . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1838 for the 26th Congress , Ely was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Zadock Pratt and Robert McClellan , who previously together, on March 4, 1839 represented the eighth district of New York in the US House of Representatives. He retired from the after March 3, 1841 Congress of.

After his time at the Congress, he worked as a doctor again. He died on August 20, 1849 in Coxsackie and was buried in the cemetery of the same name.

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SURNAME Ely, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American doctor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Saybrook , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1849
Place of death Coxsackie , New York