John Savage (politician, 1779)

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John Savage (born February 22, 1779 in Salem , New York , † October 19, 1863 in Utica , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1815 and 1819 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Savage was born and raised in Salem, Washington County during the Revolutionary War . During this time he attended community schools. In 1799 he graduated from Union College in Schenectady . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1800 and then began practicing in Salem. Between 1806 and 1811 and in the years 1812 and 1813 he was a district attorney in the fourth district of New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1814 .

As an opponent of an overly strong central government, he joined the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson at that time . In the 1814 congressional election for the 14th Congress , Savage was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Benjamin Pond and Elisha J. Winter on March 4, 1815 , who had previously represented the district in the US House of Representatives together. He retired from the on March 3, 1819 Congress of. As a Congressman, he chaired the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business ( 15th Congress ).

He served as a district attorney in Washington County from 1818 to 1820, and from 1821 to 1823 as the New York State Comptroller . In 1823 he became Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court - a position he held until 1836. In 1828 he was nominated for the post of treasurer of the United States, but he turned it down. In the presidential election of 1844 , he joined as an elector ( presidential elector ) for the Democratic Party on. James K. Polk and George M. Dallas emerged victorious from the race. Savage died in Utica on October 19, 1863 and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery . At that time the civil war was raging .

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SURNAME Savage, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Salem , New York
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1863
Place of death Utica , New York