Lewis Riggs

Lewis Riggs (born January 16, 1789 in Norfolk , Connecticut , † November 6, 1870 in Homer , New York ) was an American doctor and politician . Between 1841 and 1843 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lewis Riggs was born in Litchfield County about six years after the Revolutionary War ended . He attended a community school, a Latin school and a Greek school. Then he did an apprenticeship as a carpenter. He studied medicine in the Village of Torringford . He received his diploma in May 1812. In the same year he attended medical lectures by Dr. Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . A month after graduation, the British-American War broke out. Riggs practiced in East Winsted . In 1813 he moved to Vernon , Oneida County, and later from there to Homer. He continued to work as a doctor. He also ran his own pharmacy. In 1828 he went about selling haberdashery. He was Secretary of the Cortland County Medical Society from 1820 to 1823 and its President from 1825 to 1826. President Andrew Jackson appointed him postmaster in Homer on April 25, 1829 - a post he held until August 7, 1839. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1840 congressional election for the 27th Congress , Riggs was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 22nd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Stephen B. Leonard and Amasa Dana on March 4, 1841 , who previously together represented the 22nd district in the US House of Representatives. He retired from the after March 3, 1843 Congress of.

After his time at Congress, he resumed his work as a doctor. He also ran a flour mill. He died in Homer about five years after the end of the Civil War and was then buried in Glenwood Cemetery .

Web links

• Lewis Riggs in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lewis Riggs in the database of Find a Grave (English)