Oliver C. Comstock

Oliver C. Comstock

Oliver Cromwell Comstock (born March 1, 1780 in Warwick , Rhode Island , † January 11, 1860 in Marshall , Michigan ) was an American doctor, lawyer, politician and clergyman. Between 1813 and 1819 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Oliver Cromwell Comstock was born in Kent County during the American Revolutionary War . His family moved to Schenectady during his childhood . There he received a generous school education. He studied medicine and then practiced in Trumansburg . Between 1810 and 1812 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . He became First Judge on the Seneca County's Court of Common Pleas in 1812 - a post he held until 1815.

As an opponent of an overly strong central government, he joined the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson at that time . In the 1812 congressional elections for the 13th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 20th  constituency of New York , where he became the first representative of the district in the US House of Representatives on March 4, 1813 . He was re-elected twice in a row. Since it to a re-election bid in 1818 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1819 Congress of.

In 1817 and 1818 he was First Judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Tompkins County . He gave up his work as a doctor and studied theology . After receiving his Baptist ordination, he began preaching. He was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Rochester from 1825 to 1834 . On December 20, 1836, he was appointed chaplain in the US House of Representatives - a position he held until March 3, 1837. He moved to Michigan in 1839, where he continued his ministry in Detroit . Between 1841 and 1843 he was regent at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . He then held the post of State Superintendent of Public Instruction between 1843 and 1845 . He died on January 11, 1860 in Marshall, Calhoun County and was then buried in Oakridge Cemetery .

Hints

1. ^ Member of the board of directors of a university

Web links

• Oliver C. Comstock in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Oliver C. Comstock in the database of Find a Grave (English)