Timothy Childs

Timothy Childs (* 1785 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, † November 25, 1847 at sea ) was an American politician. Between 1829 and 1831, 1835-1839 and 1841-1843, he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Timothy Childs was born about two years after the end of the Revolutionary War in Berkshire County. The family moved to Rochester. In 1811 he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown. He studied law. His study period was overshadowed by the British -American War. After receiving his license to practice law, he began to practice in Rochester. Between 1821 and 1831 he was a prosecutor ( prosecuting attorney ) in Monroe County. He sat in 1828 and 1833 in the New York State Assembly. Politically he belonged to that time of the Anti- Masonic Party on.

In the congressional elections of 1828 for the 21th Congress Childs was in the 27th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Daniel D. Barnard on March 4, 1829. He retired after March 3, 1831 from the Congress.

After his conference time he practiced as a lawyer again.

In 1834 he stood as a candidate in the 28th electoral district of New York for the 24th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1835, the successor of Frederick Whittlesey. In the following years, he joined the Whig party at. In the congressional elections of 1836 he was elected to the 25th Congress. He retired after March 3, 1839, from from the Congress. In the 25th Congress he chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. In 1840 he ran for the 27th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1841, to succeed Thomas Kempshall. Childs retired after the March 3, 1843 out of the Congress.

He died on November 25, 1847 at sea. At that time raged the Mexican -American War. His body was buried in the same cemetery in Pittsfield.