Luther Badger

Luther Badger

Luther Badger (born April 10, 1785 in Partridgefield , Massachusetts , † October 30, 1868 in Jordan , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1825 and 1827 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Luther Badger was born in Berkshire County about two years after the War of Independence ended . In 1786 he moved to New York with his father. There he attended Hamilton College in 1807 . He studied law . After receiving his license in 1812, he began to practice in Jamesville , Onondaga County . The following years were overshadowed by the British-American War . Between 1819 and 1827 he served as a Judge Advocate in the 27th  Brigade of the New York Militia .

As a result of a fragmentation of the Democratic Republican Party before and during the presidency of John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), he joined the Adams faction. In the 1824 congressional elections for the 19th Congress Badger was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 23rd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Elisha Litchfield on March 4, 1825 . He retired from the after March 3, 1827 Congress of.

After his time at Congress, he resumed his practice as a lawyer. He moved to Broome County in 1832 . Between 1833 and 1847 he was an examiner at the New York Court of Chancery . During this time he was appointed commissioner for US bonds in 1840 - a post he held until 1843. The Mexican-American War also broke out in 1846 . He was elected District Attorney of Broome County and held the post from July 5, 1847 until his resignation in November 1849. He then went to Jordan as a lawyer. He died there about four years after the end of the civil war . His body was then interred in Jordan Cemetery .

literature

• The New York Annual Register , Edwin Williams, New York, 1834, p. 330.
• The New York Civil List , Franklin Benjamin Hough, Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 71 and 370.
• Monthly Biographical Magazine , John Livingston, New York and London, 1852, pp. 117ff.
• Secretary of State, 1825-1829 , Volume 6, University Press of Kentucky, 1981, p. 529.

Web links

• Luther Badger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Luther Badger in the database of Find a Grave (English)