Samuel Birdsall

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Samuel Birdsall

Samuel Birdsall (born May 14, 1791 in Hillsdale , New York , † February 8, 1872 in Waterloo , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1837 and 1839 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Birdsall was born in Columbia County about eight years after the Revolutionary War ended . He attended community schools there. He then studied law in Martin Van Buren's office . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1812, he began practicing in Cooperstown . In the same year the British-American War broke out. In 1815 he was a Masters at the New York Court of Chancery . He moved to Waterloo in 1817. In 1819 he served in the Judge Advocate Division , where he held the rank of colonel . He was Counselor at the New York Supreme Court and Solicitor at the Chancery in 1823 . In 1827 he became guardianship and probate judge in Seneca County - a post he held until 1837. During this time he was Bank Commissioner in 1832 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1836 for the 25th Congress Birdsall was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 25th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Graham H. Chapin on March 4, 1837 . Since he on a run again in 1838 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1839 Congress of.

In 1838 he was admitted to the United States Supreme Court to practice. He was a district attorney ( district attorney ) in Seneca County in 1846 . In 1853 he became postmaster in Waterloo - a post he held until 1863. He died there on February 8, 1872 and was then buried in Maple Grove Cemetery .

Web links

  • Samuel Birdsall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Birdsall, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Hillsdale , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1872
Place of death Waterloo , New York