David Ellicott Evans

David Ellicott Evans ( born March 19, 1788 in Ellicott City, Maryland, † May 17, 1850 in Batavia, New York ) was an American politician. In 1827 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

David Evans attended the public schools of his home. In 1803 he moved to Batavia in New York state, country where he worked first as a File Clerk Co. and then in the accounting for the Company Holland. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1819 and 1822 he was a member of the Senate from New York. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson.

In the congressional elections of 1826 Evans was a candidate of the Jacksonians in the 29th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Parmenio Adams on March 4, 1827. However, this mandate in Congress, he held only for a few weeks until his resignation on 2 May 1827. His resignation was effected before the inaugural session of the Congress elected in 1826.

Between 1827 and 1837 Evans was as resident agent for his old firm Holland Land Co. operates. He also became involved in the banking industry. In the year 1827 he was a delegate attended a state convention in Albany, was discussed at the over protective tariffs. Since the year 1837 he only dedicated himself nor his own interests in the property market. David Evans died on 17 May 1850 in Batavia, where he was also buried.