John Fay

John Fay ( born February 10, 1773 in Hardwick, Massachusetts, † June 21, 1855 in Northampton, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1819 and 1821 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Fay was born about two years before the outbreak of the War of Independence in Hardwick in Worcester County. He attended a community school for just six months. The Fay family then moved to New York and settled first in Montgomery County. Later she moved from there to Galway in Saratoga County. In 1804 he moved to Northampton in Fulton County. Fay worked as a surveyor and manufacturer, but was also active in farming and operated a mill. He held various local offices, and was for several years postmaster in Northampton. In the years 1808, 1809 and 1812, he sat in the New York State Assembly.

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 1818 for the 16th Congress, he was in the 14th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Herkimer on March 4, 1819. He retired after the March 3, 1821 out of the Congress.

After his conference time he went to his former shops. He was 1828-1831 Sheriff in Jefferson County. In the presidential elections of 1844 he ran as an elector ( presidential elector ) for James K. Polk and George M. Dallas, both belonging to the Democratic Party. He died on June 21, 1855 in Northampton and was then buried in the Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery.