Rufus Easton

Rufus Easton (born May 4, 1774 in Litchfield , Colony of Connecticut , † July 5, 1834 in Saint Charles , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1814 and 1816 he represented the Missouri Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Rufus Easton had a good elementary school education. After a subsequent law degree and qualifying as a lawyer, he began in Rome in the state of New York to work in this profession. In 1804 he moved first to Vincennes in the Indiana Territory and then to St. Louis , which was then still part of the northern part of the Louisiana Territory . In his new home he was appointed judge in 1805.

Between 1805 and 1815 Easton was the postman of the City of St. Louis. In 1814 he was elected as a delegate of the Missouri Territory, founded in 1812, to Congress in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Edward Hempstead on September 17, 1814 . He held this mandate until August 5, 1816. Then John Scott was elected as his successor. Easton appealed the outcome of this election unsuccessfully.

After Missouri joined the Union in 1821, Rufus Easton was Attorney General of the new state from 1821 to 1826 . After that he practiced as a lawyer again. Young lawyers were also trained in his practice. These included Edward Bates , who would later become United States Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln . Easton also worked in the real estate industry. He died in Saint Charles on July 5, 1834.

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SURNAME	Easton, Rufus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 4, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH	Litchfield , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	July 5, 1834
Place of death	Saint Charles , Missouri