Edward Howell

Edward Howell ( born October 16, 1792 in Newburgh, New York, † January 30, 1871 in Bath, New York) 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

Edward Howell was born about nine years after the end of the Revolutionary War in Orange County. He attended public schools. In 1808 he moved to Sidney and the following year from there to Unadilla, where he taught at a school. Then he moved in 1811 to Bath. On December 30, 1817, he was appointed postmaster in Bath - a post he held until 13 August 1821. Between 1818 and 1821 he worked as county clerk in Steuben County. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1823 he began to practice in Bath. From 1829 to 1834 he was district attorney in Steuben County. He sat in 1832 in the New York State Assembly. Politically, he was a member of the Jacksonian Group.

In the congressional elections of 1832 for the 23rd Congress Howell 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 Frederick Whittlesey 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 1840 he was back in the Steuben County District Attorney. He then practiced as a lawyer. He died about six years after the end of the civil war in Bath and was then buried in Grove Cemetery.