John Fay

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John Fay (born February 10, 1773 in Hardwick , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † June 21, 1855 in Northampton , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1819 and 1821 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Fay was born in Hardwick, Worcester County , about two years before the War of Independence . He only attended community school for six months. The Fay family then moved to New York and settled first in Montgomery County . She later moved from there to Galway , Saratoga County . In 1804 he moved to Northampton in Fulton County . Fay worked as a surveyor , but was also active in agriculture and ran a mill. He held various local offices and was postmaster in Northampton for several years . He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1808, 1809, and 1812 .

As an opponent of an overly strong central government, he joined the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson at that time . In the congressional elections of 1818 for the 16th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 14th Congressional constituency of New York , where he succeeded John Herkimer on March 4, 1819 . He retired from the after March 3, 1821 Congress of.

After his time at Congress, he went about his previous business. He was 1828-1831 sheriff in Jefferson County . In the presidential election of 1844 , he joined as an elector ( presidential elector ) for James K. Polk and George M. Dallas , which both the Democratic Party belonged. He died on June 21, 1855 in Northampton and was then buried in the Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery .

literature

Web links

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