John A. Rockwell

John Arnold Rockwell ( born August 27, 1803 in Norwich, Connecticut, † February 10, 1861 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. From 1845 to 1849 he represented the third electoral district of the state of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Rockwell attended the public schools of his home and then to 1822 the Yale College. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in his new profession in Norwich. Politically, he was a member of the Whig party. In 1839 he was elected to the Senate from Connecticut. In addition, he was then working as a District Judge.

In the congressional elections of 1844, Rockwell was selected in the third district of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded the Democrat George S. Catlin on March 4, 1845. After a re-election in 1846, Rockwell was able to spend in Congress until March 3, 1849 two legislative sessions. Since 1847 he was chairman of the Committee on Claims. During his time in Congress, it came to the Mexican-American War and the inclusion of large areas in the western and southwestern United States. In the 1848 elections Rockwell defeated Democrat Chauncey F. Cleveland.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Rockwell worked as a lawyer in the capital Washington. There he represented his mandates, especially in the Federal Court for claims to the Federal Government ( Court of Claims ). He remained until his death in February 1861 lawyer in Washington and was buried in Norwich.