James Birdsall

James Birdsall (* 1783 in New York; † July 20, 1856 in Flint, Michigan) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1815 and 1817 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Birdsall studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1806 and then began to practice as a lawyer first established in Norwich in Chenango County. In 1811 he was Guardianship and estate Richter ( surrogate ) in Chenango County.

As opponents of a strong central government, he joined at that time, which was founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1814 for the 14th Congress, he was in the 15th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Isaac Williams Jr. and Joel Thompson took on March 4, 1815 which had previously together represent the district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He retired after the March 3, 1817 out of the Congress.

Birdsall was in 1827 in the New York State Assembly. He was a founder of the Bank of Chenango. In 1839 he moved to Fenton in Genesee County and from there to Flint, where he died on 20 July 1856. His body was buried at Glenwood Cemetery.