Nathan Soule

Nathan Soule (born August 7, 1790 in Dover Plains , New York , † January 9, 1860 in Clay , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1831 and 1833 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nathan Soule was born in Dover Plains, Dutchess County , about seven years after the War of Independence ended . He grew up in Danube , Herkimer County , and completed his undergraduate studies. He served as a sergeant during the British-American War . After the war was over, he moved to Fort Plain , Montgomery County . Soule held several local and county offices. He was a member of the New York State Assembly and was a judge on Montgomery County Court . Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction.

In the congressional elections of 1830 for the 22nd Congress , Soule was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 16th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded Benedict Arnold on March 4, 1831 . He retired from the after March 3, 1833 Congress of.

Shortly after his last session in Congress in late 1832, he settled in Clay, Onondaga County , where he ran a farm. He was later appointed postmaster there. In 1836 he was elected to the New York State Assembly. He was appointed judge of the Onondaga County Court in 1838 - a position he held for four years. In 1841 he was elected for a one-year term as town supervisor . He died on January 9, 1860 in Clay and was buried there in Pine Plains Cemetery .

Web links

• Nathan Soule in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Nathan Soule in the database of Find a Grave (English)