John Lefferts

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John Lefferts (born December 17, 1785 in Brooklyn , New York , † September 18, 1829 there ) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1815 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Lefferts was born and raised in Brooklyn about two years after the end of the Revolutionary War . He attended public schools. Nothing more is known about this from his private life. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . In the congressional election of 1812 Lefferts was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of New York , where he succeeded Silas Wood on March 4, 1813 . Since he refused to run again in 1814, he left the Congress after March 3, 1815 . Lefferts served in the New York Senate between 1820 and 1825 . During this time he took part in 1821 as a delegate to the Constituent Assembly of New York. He died in Brooklyn on September 18, 1829 and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery .

Web links

  • John Lefferts in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Lefferts, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1785
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1829
Place of death Brooklyn , New York