John Haring

John Haring (born September 28, 1739 in Tappan , Rockland County , New York Province, †  April 1, 1809 in Blauvelt , New York ) was an American politician . In 1774 and between 1785 and 1787 he was a delegate for New York in the Continental Congress .

Career

John Haring came from a well-known family in New York with Dutch roots. He attended the public schools in his home country. After completing a law degree in New York City and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession both in New York City and in his hometown. He was a district judge in 1774 and 1775 and between 1778 and 1788. In the 1770s he joined the revolutionary movement. He became a member of several revolutionary bodies in his home country and in the New York Provincial Congress . There he was temporarily acting chairman as President Pro Tempore . Haring served in the New York Senate between 1781 and 1789 . In the years 1774 and 1775 and from 1785 to 1787 he represented this state in the Continental Congress. In 1788 he was also a member of the convention that ratified the United States Constitution for New York. Haring voted against their acceptance because he did not consider both the rights of the individual states and personal rights to be sufficiently taken into account.

Between 1794 and 1804 John Haring lived in Bergen County , New Jersey . In 1795 and 1796 he was a member of the local state parliament . In 1804 he returned to Tappan. He had now joined President Thomas Jefferson and his Democratic Republican Party . In the presidential election of 1804 he was one of the electors who officially elected Jefferson for his second term as president. In 1806 John Haring was elected to the New York State Assembly . He died on April 1st, 1809 in Blauvelt.

Web links

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

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