Frederick Whittlesey

Frederick Whittlesey ( born June 12, 1799 in New Preston, Connecticut, † September 19, 1851 in Rochester, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1831 and 1835, he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Congressman Elisha Whittlesey Thomas T. Whittlesey and were his cousins.

Career

Frederick Whittlesey went to academic studies. In 1818 he graduated from Yale College. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1821 in Utica, he began practicing in Cooperstown in the spring of 1822. Later in the year he moved to Rochester. He was treasurer in 1829 and 1830 in Monroe County. Politically he belonged to the Anti- Masonic Party on.

In the congressional elections of 1830 for the 22nd Congress Whittlesey was in the 27th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Timothy Childs on March 4, 1831. In 1832 he stood as a candidate in the 28th electoral district of New York for the 23th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1833, the successor of Grattan H. Wheeler. He retired after the March 3, 1835 out of the Congress. During his last term he chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department.

After his conference time he went back to his work as a lawyer after. He was City Attorney in 1838 in Rochester. Between 1839 and 1847 he held the post of Vice Chancellor in the 8th Judicial District of New York. He was 1847 and 1848 Judge at the New York Supreme Court in 1850 and 1851 and a law professor at Genesee College. Whittlesey died about three years after the end of the Mexican - American War in Rochester. His body was then buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.