Jonathan Sturges

Jonathan Sturges (born August 23, 1740 in Fairfield , Colony of Connecticut , † October 4, 1819 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1789 and 1793 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jonathan Sturges grew up in the British colonial days. He attended Yale College until 1759 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Fairfield. In 1772 he was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives, which was then colonial . Even after the declaration of independence, he remained a member of this parliamentary chamber until 1783. In 1773 Sturges served as justice of the peace, in 1775 he was probate judge in Fairfield County . In 1786 he was re-elected to the House of Representatives of his state. In the same year he was also a delegate to in New York meeting participants Continental Congress .

In Connecticut's state-wide elections to the first Congress in 1789, Jonathan Sturges was elected to the US House of Representatives for the third seat of his state. Politically, Sturges was close to the then federal government under President George Washington ( pro-administration ). After a re-election in 1792 he was able to complete the first two legislative periods of the congress as a member between March 4, 1789 and March 3, 1793 .

After his tenure in Congress was over, Sturges served as an associate judge in his state's Supreme Court between 1793 and 1805. After that he did not hold any other significant offices. Jonathan Sturges died on October 4, 1819 in his birthplace Fairfield and was buried there. His son Lewis (1763-1844) sat between 1805 and 1817 for Connecticut as a member of Congress.

Web links

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

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