John I. De Graff

John I. De Graff

John Isaac De Graff (born October 2, 1783 in Schenectady , New York , † July 26, 1848 there ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1827 and 1829 and between 1837 and 1839 .

Career

John Isaac De Graff was born and raised in Schenectady about a month after the end of the War of Independence . During this time he attended community schools and in 1811 Union College . Then he went to Schenectady to do business. He served during the British-American War .

Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction at that time . In the congressional elections of 1826 for the 20th Congress , De Graff was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of New York , where he succeeded William Dietz on March 4, 1827 . He retired from the after March 3, 1829 Congress of.

Between 1832 and 1834 and in 1836 he was mayor of Schenectady.

He joined the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1836 for the 25th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the eleventh constituency of New York, where he succeeded John Cramer on March 4, 1837 . Since he refused to run again in 1838 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1839.

After his time at the congress he went back to commercial business. He worked on the construction of the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad . In 1842 and 1845 he was again mayor of Schenectady. Then he pursued banking transactions until his death. He died on July 26, 1848 in Schenectady and was then buried in Vale Cemetery .

literature

• Franklin Benjamin Hough: "The New York civil list" , Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 72f and 80.

Web links

• John I. De Graff in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John I. De Graff in the database of Find a Grave (English)