Beriah Palmer

Beriah Palmer (* 1740 in Bristol County, Massachusetts, † May 20, 1812 in Ballston Spa, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1803 and 1805 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Beriah Palmer grew up during the British colonial period. He attended community schools. 1769 he moved to Cornwall in Orange County. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law, he began to practice in New York. He went to survey work and was at Burnt Hills worked as a farmer. In 1774 he moved to Ballston Spa in Saratoga County. During the Revolutionary War he served in the 12th Regiment of the Militia of New York. He was working as an assessor in 1779 and in the years 1780, 1783 and 1784 as Commissioner of Roads in the District of Ballston. In 1784 he held the position of Postmaster. Palmer sat in the Committee of Safety of Albany County. He paused for the post of Supervisor of Saratoga County in the years 1790, 1791 and 1799. In 1791 he was moderator of the First Board of Supervisors in Saratoga County. In the same year he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Between 1792 and 1795 he sat in the New York State Assembly. In 1801 he took part in the Constitutional Convention of New York as a delegate.

As opponents of a strong central government, he joined at that time, which was founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1802 for the 8th Congress he was in the eleventh electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he was the first deputy of the district began his service on March 4, 1803. He retired after March 3, 1805 from the Congress.

After his conference time he worked as a guardianship and estate Richter ( surrogate ) in Saratoga County 1808-1812. He died on 20 May 1812 in Ballston Spa and was then buried in the Village Cemetery. The British -American War broke about a month later from.