Jacob P. Chamberlain

Jacob Payson Chamberlain ( born August 1, 1802 in Dudley, Massachusetts, † October 5, 1878 in Seneca Falls, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1861 and 1863 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jacob Payson Chamberlain was born in 1802 in Worcester County. The family then moved to Seneca County in 1807 and settled in Seneca Falls. There he attended public schools. Then he ran grain mills, Mälzerein and textile factories. He founded the first savings bank in the Village. Then he was supervisor in Seneca Falls and a member of the Education Committee. Between 1859 and 1861 he sat in the New York State Assembly. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1860 for the 37th Congress Chamberlain was in the 26th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Emory B. Pottle on March 4, 1861. Since he gave up for reelection in 1862, he retired after March 3, 1863 from the Congress. His time Congress was overshadowed by the Civil War.

After his conference time he was again active in the flour mill business. He died on 5 October 1878 in Seneca Falls. His body was then buried in the Cemetery Restvale.