Moses G. Leonard

Moses G. Leonard, 1899

Moses Gage Leonard (born July 10, 1809 in Stafford , Connecticut , † March 20, 1899 in Brooklyn , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1843 and 1845 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Moses Gage Leonard was born and raised in Stafford approximately three years before the outbreak of the British-American War . During this time he attended public schools. Then he moved to New York City . Between 1840 and 1842 he was City Alderman and City Court Judge . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1842 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Richard D. Davis on March 4, 1843 . In 1844 he was defeated in his re-election bid and was eliminated from the after March 3, 1845 Congress of.

He then served in 1846 as a home for the elderly officer ( almshouse commissioner ) operates. He was the owner and manager of ice cream companies and the commissioner of immigration in the Port of New York . Leonard moved to San Francisco ( California ), where he sat on the city council in 1850. He later returned to New York. During the civil war he served as the commander of the military police ( provost marshal ) in the tenth electoral district. He died on March 20, 1899 in Brooklyn and was then buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Nyack .

Web links

• Moses G. Leonard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Moses G. Leonard in the database of Find a Grave (English)