Hezekiah L. Hosmer

Hezekiah Lord Hosmer (* June 7, 1765, † June 9, 1814 in Hudson, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1797 and 1799 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Hezekiah Lord Hosmer grew up during the British colonial period. He studied law. In 1785 he was admitted as an attorney at the Mayor's Court of Hudson. Then he was in the years 1793 and 1794 recorder in Hudson.

Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party. In the congressional elections of 1796 Hosmer 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 Ezekiel Gilbert on March 4, 1797. He retired after the March 3, 1799 out of the Congress. As a congressman he should 1798 impeachment proceedings ( impeachment ) against William Blount, U.S. Senator from Tennessee conduct. However, the initiated impeachment proceedings was moot since Blount was expelled from the Senate on July 7, 1797.

After his conference time he worked as a recorder back in the years 1810, 1811, 1813 and 1814. He died on June 9, 1814 in Hudson.