Ezekiel Gilbert

Ezekiel Gilbert ( born March 25, 1756 in Middletown, Connecticut; † July 17, 1841 in Hudson, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1793 and 1797 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ezekiel Gilbert grew up during the British colonial period. He pursued classical antiquity Sciences and graduated in 1778 at Yale College. Gilbert studied law. After receiving his license to practice law, he began to practice in Hudson. He sat in the years 1789 and 1790 in the New York State Assembly. Politically, he was a member of the Pro- Administration Group. In the congressional elections of 1792 Gilbert was selected in the sixth electoral district of New York at the time which meets even in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of James Gordon on March 4, 1793. Two years later he was re-elected as a Federalist to the U.S. House of Representatives. He retired after March 3, 1797 from the Congress. He then worked as a lawyer again and sat in the years 1800 and 1801 again in the New York State Assembly. Between 1813 and 1815 he worked as a Clerk in Columbia County. He died on 17 July 1841 in Hudson. About five years later, the Mexican -American War broke out.