Samuel W. Eager

Samuel Watkins Eager (born April 8, 1789 in Neelytown , New York , † December 23, 1860 in Newburgh , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives in 1830 and 1831 .

Career

Samuel Watkins Eager was born in Neelytown about six years after the War of Independence ended . He attended the Montgomery Academy in Montgomery and graduated from Princeton College in 1809 . Eager studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1811 and then began practicing in Newburgh. In 1826 he moved to Montgomery, where he continued to practice as a lawyer. Politically, he belonged to the anti-Jacksonian faction . He was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of New York on November 2, 1830 , to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Hector Craig . Since it to a candidacy for the 22nd Congress waived, which took place on the same day as the by-election to the US House of Representatives, he left the after March 3, 1831 Congress of. Eager returned to Newburgh in 1836, where he worked on literature. He died there on December 23, 1860 and was buried in St. George Cemetery . Civil war broke out about four months later .

Web links

• Samuel W. Eager in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel W. Eager in the database of Find a Grave (English)