Andrew DeWitt Bruyn

Andrew DeWitt Bruyn ( born November 18, 1790 in Wawarsing, New York, † July 27, 1838 in Ithaca, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. In the years 1837 and 1838 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Andrew DeWitt Bruyn was born about seven years after the end of the Revolutionary War in Ulster County. He attended the Kingston Academy. In 1810 he graduated from Princeton College. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1814, he began practicing in Ithaca. In 1817 he became the first judge in the guardianship and estate Tompkins County - a post he held until 1821. During this time he was also active as a Justice of the Peace in 1817 and sat 1818 in the New York State Assembly. 1821 he was appointed trustee in Ithaca. He was 1822 President of the Village. In 1825, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Senate from New York. He has held the post in 1825 as County Supervisor. Between 1826 and 1836 he was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas. In addition, he held 1826-1828 the post of Treasurer of the Village. In 1828, he was director of the Ithaca & ​​Owego Railroad. He also went to banking transactions. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1836 for the 25th Congress Bruyn was in the 22nd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeds Stephen B. Leonard and Joseph Reynolds took on March 4, 1837 which together previously represented the 22th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He died, however, before the end of his term on July 27, 1838 in Ithaca and was then buried in the town cemetery.