Smith Meade Purdy

Smith Meade Purdy (born July 31, 1796 in North Norwich , New York , † March 30, 1870 in Norwich, New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1843 and 1845 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Smith Meade Purdy attended community schools. He studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1819, he began practicing in Sherburne . In 1827 he moved to Norwich. He continued there as a lawyer. In 1833 he was appointed judge on the Court of Common Pleas, as well as guardianship and probate judge in Chenango County - a post he held until his resignation in 1837. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1842 for the 28th Congress , Purdy was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 22nd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Samuel Partridge and Lewis Riggs on March 4, 1843 , who previously together represented the 22nd district in the US House of Representatives. Since he on a run again in 1844 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1845 Congress of.

After his time at the Congress he went back to his work as a lawyer. In 1847 he was elected judge, guardianship and probate judge in Chenango County - a post he held until 1851. Due to his poor health, he declined a new nomination and withdrew from active activities. He died in Norwich about five years after the end of the Civil War and was then buried in Mount Hope Cemetery .

Web links

• Smith Meade Purdy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Smith Meade Purdy in the database of Find a Grave (English)