Josiah Masters

Josiah Masters (born November 22, 1763 in Woodbury , Colony of Connecticut , † June 30, 1822 in Fairfield , Connecticut ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1805 and 1809 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Josiah Masters was born in Woodbury and grew up during the British colonial era. In 1783 he graduated from Yale College . He studied law . After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in Schaghticoke , Rensselaer County . He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1792, 1800, and 1801 . He was Town Supervisor in Schaghticoke in 1796 . In 1801 he became a justice of the peace in Rensselaer County - a position he held until 1805. He was a trustee at Lansingburgh Academy and School Commissioner in Schaghticoke.

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 elections of 1804 for the 9th Congress he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 10th constituency of New York , where he succeeded George Tibbits on March 4, 1805 . After a successful re-election in 1806 , he left the Congress on March 3, 1809 .

After his time in Congress he founded the Schaghticoke Powder Co. Between 1808 and 1822 he was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Rensselaer County. He died on June 30, 1822 in Fairfield and was then buried in Masters Cemetery near Schaghticoke.

literature

• Franklin Benjamin Hough: "The New York civil list," Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 69, 167, 173f and 291.

Web links

• Josiah Masters in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Josiah Masters in the database of Find a Grave (English)