Thomas T. Whittlesey

Thomas Tucker Whittlesey ( born December 8, 1798 in Danbury, Connecticut; † August 20, 1868 in Pheasant Branch, Wisconsin ) was an American politician. Between 1836 and 1839 he represented the third electoral district of the state of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Whittlesey attended the public schools of his home and thereafter until 1817, the Yale College. After studying law at the Litchfield Law School, and in 1818 made ​​his admission to the bar he began in his hometown of Danbury to work in his new profession. He was also a judge at the local probate court in Fairfield County.

Politically, Whittlesey Member founded by President Andrew Jackson Democratic Party. After the death of Congressman Zalmon Wildman, he was elected as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was able to finish the term of his predecessor Unopened between April 29, 1836 and March 3, 1837. In the congressional elections of 1836 Whittlesey was re-elected in the third district of Connecticut. Thus he could until March 3, 1839 for a full term in Congress complete. In the elections of 1838 he was defeated Thomas Wheeler Williams of the Whig party.

In 1846, Thomas Whittlesey moved to Pheasant Branch in Wisconsin. There he worked as a lawyer and farmer. He became chairman of the municipal council in his new home and was involved in various business ventures, including the creation of a railway company. From 1853 to 1854 he was a member of the Senate of Wisconsin. Thomas Whittlesey died on 20 August 1868 in his new home. He was a cousin of Elisha Whittlesey (1783-1863) and Frederick Whittlesey (1799-1851), who sat for the states of Ohio and New York as a Member of Congress.

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