Selah R. Hobbie

Selah Reeve Hobbie (born March 10, 1797 in Newburgh , New York , † March 26, 1854 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1827 and 1829 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Selah Reeve Hobbie was born and raised in Newburgh, Orange County just before the end of the 18th century . He studied law . After obtaining his license to practice law, he began practicing in Delhi . Between 1823 and 1827 he served as a district attorney in Delaware County . He then served as a brigade major and inspector in the New York Militia . Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction.

In the congressional elections of 1826 for the 20th Congress , Hobbie was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington DC in the eleventh constituency of New York, where he succeeded Henry Ashley on March 4, 1827 . He retired from the after March 3, 1829 Congress of.

In 1829 he was appointed Assistant Postmaster General - a position he held until his resignation due to poor health in 1851. On March 22, 1853, he was appointed First Assistant Postmaster General . He held the post until his death. He died on March 23, 1854 in Washington DC and was then buried in the Congressional Cemetery .

literature

• Franklin Benjamin Hough, "The New York civil list," Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 72 and 83.

Web links

• Selah R. Hobbie in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Selah R. Hobbie in the database of Find a Grave (English)