Jotham Post junior

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Jotham Post junior (born April 4, 1771 in Westbury , New York Province, † May 15, 1817 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1815 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jotham Post Jr. was born and raised near Westbury about four years before the outbreak of the War of Independence . He graduated from Columbia College in New York City in 1792 . Post studied medicine but never practiced, instead serving as a drug importer in New York City. He was on the Board of Aldermen . He then served as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1795 and between 1805 and 1808 . During this time he was director of the New York Hospital between 1798 and 1802 .

Politically he belonged to the Federalist Party . In the congressional elections of 1812 Post was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of New York , where he succeeded Samuel L. Mitchill and William Paulding junior on March 4, 1813 , who had previously been second together Represented district in the US House of Representatives. Since he refused to run again in 1814 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1815 . He died in New York City on May 15, 1817.

Web links

  • Jotham Post junior in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Post, Jotham junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH near Westbury , New York
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1817
Place of death New York City