Theodore Dwight

Theodore Dwight (born December 15, 1764 in Northampton , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † June 12, 1846 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1806 and 1807 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Theodore Dwight was a cousin of Aaron Burr , who served as Vice President of the United States between 1801 and 1805 , and the grandson of missionary Jonathan Edwards . He attended the public schools in his home country and then studied law. After being admitted to the bar in 1787, he began working in his new profession in Haddam, Connecticut. In 1791 he moved his residence and legal practice to Hartford . There he also got into the press business by publishing two newspapers.

Dwight was a member of the Federalist Party . After the resignation of Congressman John Cotton Smith , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in the due by-election in Connecticut. There, between December 1, 1806 and March 3, 1807, he ended the legislative period of his predecessor. In the regular congressional elections of 1806, he renounced another candidacy.

In 1814 and 1815 he was secretary at a conference in Hartford where the New England states discussed a possible separation from the United States. The background was their opposition to the war of 1812 . However, this step was not taken due to the lack of the relevant majorities. In 1815 Theodore Dwight moved to Albany, New York State , where he published the Albany Daily Advertiser until 1817. Then he moved to New York City. There he was between 1817 and 1835 editor of the newspaper "New York Daily Advertiser". He then returned to Hartford for a few years. He moved back to New York City around 1843, where he died in 1846.

His older brother Timothy was President of Yale College from 1795 until his death in 1817 .

Web links

• Theodore Dwight in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Theodore Dwight in the database of Find a Grave (English)