Meade Purdy

Smith Meade Purdy ( born July 31, 1796 in North Norwich, New York, † March 30, 1870 in Norwich, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1843 and 1845 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Smith Meade Purdy attended community schools. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1819, he began practicing in Sherburne. In 1827 he moved to Norwich. He sat there, his activities as a lawyer. 1833 he was appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and guardianship and estate judge in Chenango County - a post he held until his retirement in 1837. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1842 for the 28th Congress Purdy was in the 22nd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Samuel Partridge and Lewis Riggs took on March 4, 1843 which together previously represented the 22th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since he gave up for reelection in 1844, he retired after the March 3, 1845 out of the Congress.

After his conference time he went back to his work as a lawyer after. In 1847 he was elected judge and guardianship and estate judge in Chenango County - a post he held until 1851. Due to his poor health, he declined a renomination and retired from active pursuits. He died about five years after the end of the civil war in Norwich and was then buried in the Mount Hope Cemetery.