Charles McVean

Charles McVean (* 1802 in Johnstown, New York, † September 1, 1848 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1833 and 1835, he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles McVean was born at the beginning of the 19th century in Johnstown in Fulton County. He pursued an academic career. McVean studied law. After receiving his admission he began to practice in Johnstown. Between 1827 and 1831 he worked as an editor for a newspaper in Canajoharie. Politically, he was a member of the Jacksonian Group.

In the congressional elections of 1832 for the 23th Congress, he was in the 15th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Michael Hoffman on March 4, 1833. Since he gave up for reelection in 1834, he retired after the March 3, 1835 out of the Congress.

Between 1836 and 1839 he was District Attorney in Montgomery County. He then moved in 1839 to New York City, where he resumed his work as a lawyer. On January 24, 1844, he was appointed guardianship and estate Richter ( surrogate ) in New York County - a position which he held until 1848. He was then appointed on 1 September 1848, United States Attorney for the Southern District, however, died on 22 December 1848 in New York City. His body was then buried at St. Andrew's Cemetery.