John G. Floyd

John G. Floyd

John Gelston Floyd (born February 5, 1806 in Mastic , New York , † October 5, 1881 ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1839 and 1843 and between 1851 and 1853 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Gelston Floyd was born and raised in Mastic near Moriches about six years before the outbreak of the British-American War . He attended community schools and then graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton in 1824 . Floyd studied law and began practicing in Utica in 1825 after receiving his license . Between 1829 and 1833 he worked there as a trainee lawyer ( clerk ) and prosecuting attorney . In 1836 he founded the Utica Democrat (later Observer-Dispatch ) and later became a judge inSuffolk County . Between 1839 and 1843 he was a member of the New York State Assembly .

In the congressional elections of 1838 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the first constituency of New York , where he succeeded John A. King on March 4, 1839 . After a successful re-election in 1840 he decided not to run again and was eliminated from the after March 3, 1843 Congress of. He returned to Mastic around 1842. There he sat in the New York Senate in 1848 and 1849 . He was then elected to the US House of Representatives in the 17th electoral district of New York in 1850 , where he succeeded Abraham P. Grant on March 4, 1851 . Since he refused to run again in 1852 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1853. During his tenure as a Congressman, he chaired the Committee on Agriculture ( 32nd Congress ).

After the founding of the Republican Party in 1856, Floyd joined it. Then he retired from public life. He died on October 5, 1881 in Mastic and was then buried in the family cemetery. His grandfather was William Floyd .

Web links

• John G. Floyd in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• John G. Floyd in the database of Find a Grave (English)