John Russell (New York)

John Russell ( born September 7, 1772 in Branford, Connecticut; † August 2, 1842 in Cooperstown, New York) was an American physician and politician. Between 1805 and 1809 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Russell was born about three years before the outbreak of the War of Independence in Branford and grew up there. During this time he attended public schools. He moved to New York, where he studied medicine and a short time in Cooperstown practiced. Between 1801 and 1804 he worked as city clerk ( county clerk ) in Otsego County.

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 1804 for the 9th 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 Erastus Root on March 4, 1805. After a successful re-election in 1806, he retired after March 3, 1809 out of the Congress.

In the presidential elections of 1812 he ran as an elector ( presidential elector ) for DeWitt Clinton and Jared Ingersoll, who belonged to both of the Federalist Party. He went to commercial transactions. On August 2, 1842, he died in Cooperstown and was then buried in the Christ Church Yard. About four years later, the Mexican -American War broke out.