David P. Brewster

David Payne Brewster ( born June 15, 1801 in Cairo, New York, † February 20, 1876 in Oswego, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1839 and 1843 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

David Payne Brewster was born in the beginning of the 19th century in Cairo in Greene County. He attended community schools and graduated in 1823 from Union College in Schenectady. Then he moved to New York City. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1825 and then began to practice in Oswego. He served in the years 1828, 1836 and 1845 the post of trustee in the Village of Oswego. Between 1829 and 1833 he moved to the position as Attorney ( prosecuting attorney ) in Oswego County. He was 1832-1834 Treasurer ( Treasurer ) in the Village of Oswego and in 1837 President there. In 1833 he became a judge on the Court of Common Pleas - a position which he held until 1841. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1838, for the 26th Congress, he was in the 17th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Henry A. Foster and Abraham P. Grant took on March 4, 1839 which had previously together represent the district in the U.S. House of Representatives. After a successful re-election in 1840, he retired after March 3, 1843 out of the Congress.

On July 21, 1845, he was appointed postmaster in Oswego. He held the post until the appointment of his successor on 10 January 1849. Afterwards he went back to his work after a lawyer, but was also active in agriculture. He sat in the Excise Board Commission and was 1870-1873 president there. On February 20, 1876, he died in Oswego and was then buried in the Riverside Cemetery.