Timothy Pitkin

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Timothy Pitkin

Timothy Pitkin (born January 21, 1766 in Farmington , Colony of Connecticut , †  December 18, 1847 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1805 and 1819 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After a private schooling, Timothy Pitkin attended Yale College until 1785 . After that he was a teacher at Plainfield for a year . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1788, he began to practice in Farmington in this profession. Politically, he became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . Between 1790 and 1815 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives . From 1803 he was president of the house.

After the resignation of Congressman Calvin Goddard , Pitkin was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when the by-election was due . There he took up his new mandate on September 16, 1805. After he was confirmed in the following regular elections, which were held nationwide, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1819 . During this time the British-American War of 1812 fell . In 1818 Pitkin declined to run again.

In 1818, Pitkin was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Connecticut Constitution. Between 1819 and 1830 he was again a member of the state parliament. He also worked as a lawyer again. Timothy Pitkin died in New Haven on December 18, 1847.

Web links

  • Timothy Pitkin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)