Peter Hitchcock

Peter Hitchcock

Peter Hitchcock (born October 19, 1781 in Cheshire , Connecticut , †  March 4, 1853 in Painesville , Ohio ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1817 and 1819 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Peter Hitchcock received a classical education and then studied at Yale College until 1801 . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law in 1804, he began to work in this profession in Cheshire. In 1806 he moved to Geauga County , Ohio. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In 1810 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives ; between 1812 and 1815 he was a member of the State Senate , of which he was President in 1815. He was also active in the state militia, in which he reached the rank of major general in 1816.

In the congressional election of 1816 , Hitchcock was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded David Clendenin on March 4, 1817 . Since he renounced a further candidacy in 1818, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1819 . Between 1819 and 1832, Hitchcock was a judge on the Supreme Court of Ohio . At times he served as presiding judge. From 1833 to 1834 he was again a member of the State Senate; in 1850 he took part as a delegate to a constitutional convention of the state of Ohio.

Peter Hitchcock died in Painesville on March 4, 1853. He was married to Nabbe Cook (1784-1867) since 1805, with whom he had ten children. His nephew Seabury Ford (1801-1855) became governor of Ohio.

Web links

Commons : Peter Hitchcock  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Peter Hitchcock in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Peter Hitchcock in the database of Find a Grave (English)