Micah Sterling

Micah Sterling (born November 5, 1784 in Lyme , Connecticut , † April 11, 1844 in Watertown , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1821 and 1823 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman Ansel Sterling was his brother.

Career

Micah Sterling was born in Lyme about a year after the War of Independence ended . In 1804 he graduated from Yale College . He studied law at Litchfield Law School . He was admitted to the bar in 1809 and then began practicing in Adams , Jefferson County . In the same year he moved to Watertown, where he continued his practice as a lawyer. He held several local offices. In 1816 he was a chamberlain in the Village of Watertown. He was a director at Jefferson County Bank . Politically he belonged to the Federalist Party .

In the 1820 congressional elections for the 17th Congress , Sterling was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 18th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded William Donnison Ford on March 4, 1821 . He retired from the after March 3, 1823 Congress of.

After his time at Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer. Between 1836 and 1839 he was a member of the New York Senate . He died on April 11, 1844 in Watertown and was then buried in Brookside Cemetery .

literature

• Franklin Benjamin Hough: "The New York civil list," Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 71, 131f and 146.

Web links

• Micah Sterling in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Micah Sterling in the database of Find a Grave (English)