Lambert Cadwalader

Lambert Cadwalader

Lambert Cadwalader (* 1742 near Trenton , Province of New Jersey , †  September 13, 1823 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1789 and 1795 he represented the state of New Jersey twice in the US House of Representatives ; previously he was a delegate at the Continental Congress .

Career

Lambert Cadwalader grew up during the British colonial era. He attended the Dr. Alison's Academy and then studied at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . At the beginning of the American Revolution , Cadwalader joined this movement. Ten years before the outbreak of the War of Independence , he opposed British customs policy in 1765. He was one of the signatories of a declaration against British imports. In 1775 he was a delegate to the Provincial Convention in Pennsylvania . In 1776 he also took part in the New Jersey Constituent Assembly. In the following years he served in the Continental Army ; in the process he rose to the rank of colonel. In the meantime he was taken prisoner of war.

After the war, Cadwalader began a political career. From 1785 to 1787 he was a delegate at the Continental Congress in New York . Politically, he had been close to the federal government under President George Washington since 1789 . In the New Jersey state-wide congressional elections of 1789 he was elected for the second seat of his state in the US House of Representatives, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1789. By March 3, 1791, he completed a legislative period in Congress , which was then still in New York . In 1792 he was elected as a member of Congress for the fifth mandate of his state. So he could spend another term in the US House of Representatives between March 4, 1793 and March 3, 1795.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Cadwalader withdrew from politics. He died on September 13, 1823 on his estate near Trenton. His grandson, John Lambert Cadwalader , served as Assistant Secretary of State from 1874 to 1877, the then second highest office in the United States Department of State .

He was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .

Web links

• Lambert Cadwalader in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lambert Cadwalader in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Member History: Lambert Cadwalader. American Philosophical Society, accessed May 27, 2018 .