Thomas Maxwell

Thomas Maxwell

Thomas Maxwell (born February 16, 1792 in Tioga Point (now Athens ), Pennsylvania , † November 4, 1864 in Elmira , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1829 and 1831 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Maxwell was born in Bradford County about nine years after the Revolutionary War ended . The family moved to Elmira (then Newtown Point ) in 1796 . During the British-American War he was appointed quartermaster in a cavalry regiment that was added to the brigade of General Vincent Matthews . Between 1819 and 1829 he was a clerk in Tioga County . Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction.

In the 1828 congressional election for the 21st Congress , Maxwell was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 25th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded David Woodcock on March 4, 1829 . He retired from the after 3 March 1831 Congress of. During his time in Congress he presided over the Audit Committee.

Then he investigated the criminal prosecution of pension rights. He studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1832, he began practicing on the Court of Common Pleas in ancient Tioga County. Between 1834 and 1839 he was postmaster of Elmira. He also worked as an editor for the Elmira Gazette between 1834 and 1836 . He was Deputy Clerk in Chemung County in 1836 . He also became treasurer of Chemung County in 1836 - a post he held until 1843. He was Vice President of the New York & Erie Railroad Company in 1841 and Commissioner of Loans for federal bonds and sovereign wealth funds in 1843 . Around 1845 he moved to Geneva . He was then appointed Deputy Clerk at the New York Supreme Court . He died on November 4, 1864 in Elmira and was then buried in Woodlawn Cemetery .

Web links

• Thomas Maxwell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Thomas Maxwell in the database of Find a Grave (English)