Lemuel Whitman

Lemuel Whitman (born June 8, 1780 in Farmington , Connecticut , †  November 13, 1841 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1825 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After elementary school, Lemuel Whitman attended Yale College until 1780 . He then taught himself as a teacher at a girls' school on the Bermuda Islands. After the death of his father, however, he had to return to Farmington in 1801 to help his family. After studying law at Litchfield Law School and admission to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Farmington. In 1818 he became a judge at the local Superior Court ; between 1819 and 1821 he served as an associate judge in the Hartford County District Court . He then chaired this court until 1823. In 1821, Whitman was also a member of a three-person commission to revise Connecticut's state law.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Republican Party and a supporter of John Quincy Adams . In 1822 he was elected to the Connecticut Senate. In the Congressional election of Connecticut in 1822, Whitman was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he took over on March 4, 1823, the third seat of his state held by Daniel Burrows . He completed only one term in Congress until March 3, 1825 and refrained from running for re-election.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Whitman returned to work as a lawyer. He was also involved in a few other businesses, including the Patent Wood-Screw Manufacturing Company . He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1831 and 1832 . He then retired from public life because of his deteriorating health and business difficulties. Lemuel Whitman died on November 13, 1841 in his native Farmington.

Web links

• Lemuel Whitman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lemuel Whitman in the database of Find a Grave (English)