William Duer (politician, 1805)

William Duer (born May 25, 1805 in New York City , † August 25, 1879 in New Brighton , Richmond County , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Whig Party ). He was the grandson of William Duer (1747–1799).

Life

William Duer completed his preparatory studies and then graduated from Columbia College, New York City , in 1824 . He studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1824, and began practicing in New York City. Duer lived in New Orleans from 1832 and in Oswego (New York) from 1836 . He was between 1845 and 1847 District Attorney of Oswego County (New York). Then he settled in San Francisco in 1854 , where he went back to his practice as a lawyer. He served as the Clerk of San Francisco County in 1858 and 1859 . Last year he returned to Staten Island , where he lived until his death in 1879. He was buried in the Silver Mount Cemetery in Tompkinsville, New York.

Duer decided to pursue a political career when he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the New York State Assembly in 1832 . Years later, he made another attempt at the State Assembly, where he worked after a successful election in 1840 and 1841. He then ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the 28th US Congress in 1842 . Two years later he was a delegate to the Whig National Convention . He was then finally elected as Whig in the 30th US Congress and re - elected to the subsequent US Congress , where he served between March 4, 1847 and March 3, 1851. Then he was appointed consul of Valparaíso ( Chile ) by US President Fillmore on March 18, 1851 and held this post until March 23, 1853.

Web links

• William Duer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)