Jonathan Fisk

Jonathan Fisk

Jonathan Fisk (born September 26, 1778 in Amherst , New Hampshire , † July 23, 1832 in Newburgh , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1809 and 1811 and between 1813 and 1815 .

Career

Jonathan Fisk was born in Amherst during the War of Independence . He attended public schools and then taught himself. In 1800 he moved to Newburgh. He studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1802, and then began practicing in Newburgh. As an opponent of an overly strong central government, he joined the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson at that time .

In the congressional election of 1808 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of New York , where he succeeded George Clinton junior on March 4, 1809 . He retired from the after March 3, 1811 Congress of. Two years later , Fisk ran again for a seat in the sixth constituency of New York. After a successful election, he succeeded Asa Fitch and Thomas P. Grosvenor on March 3, 1813 , who had previously represented the district in the US House of Representatives. He was re-elected in 1814 , but resigned from his seat in March 1815.

President James Madison at that time appointed him United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York , a position he held until June 30, 1819. He then resumed his practice as a lawyer. He died in Newburgh on July 13, 1832 and was then buried in Old Town Cemetery .

Web links

• Jonathan Fisk in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jonathan Fisk in the database of Find a Grave (English)