Matthias J. Bovee

Matthias Jacob Bovee (born June 24, 1793 in Amsterdam , New York , † September 12, 1872 in Eagle , Wisconsin ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1835 and 1837 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Matthias Jacob Bovee was born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County , about ten years after the War of Independence . He attended village schools until his father's death in 1807. He then taught at a school in winter and worked on the family farm in summer. In 1815 he then went about commercial business. He presided over the Town of Amsterdam and sat on the County Board of Supervisors . In 1826 he was elected to the New York State Assembly . In 1831 he was the trustee of the Village of Amsterdam. Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction.

In the congressional elections of 1834 for the 24th Congress he was elected in the 15th electoral district of New York in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Charles McVean on March 4, 1835 . He retired from the after 3 March 1837 Congress of.

After his return to Amsterdam he went back to commercial business. In June 1843 he moved to Milwaukee and two months later he settled at Eagle in Waukesha County , where he worked in agriculture. He was a justice of the peace for ten years. He died in Eagle on September 12, 1872 and was then buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery .

Web links

• Matthias J. Bovee in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Matthias J. Bovee in the database of Find a Grave (English)