Harmanus Bleecker

Harmanus Bleecker ( born October 9, 1779 Albany, New York, † July 19, 1849 ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1811 and 1813, he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Harmanus Bleecker was born during the War of Independence in Albany and grew up there. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1801 and then began practicing in Albany.

Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party. In the congressional elections of 1810 Bleecker in the seventh election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Killian Van Rensselaer on March 4, 1811. Since he gave up for reelection in 1812, he retired after the March 3, 1813 out of the Congress.

Then he took in Albany his work as a lawyer on. He sat in the years 1814 and 1815 in the New York State Assembly. Between 1822 and 1834 he was regent of the University of the State of New York. On May 12, 1837, he was diplomatic business support ( charge d'affaires ) in the Netherlands - a position which he held until June 28, 1842. Then he withdrew from public life and his business activities. He died on July 19, 1849 in Albany and was buried there on the Rural Cemetery.