James Cochran (New York)

James Cochran ( born February 11, 1769 in Albany, New York, † November 7, 1848 in Oswego, 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

James Cochran was born in Albany and grew up during the British colonial period. In 1788 he graduated from Columbia College (now Columbia University) in New York City. He studied law and was admitted as a lawyer. Cochran undertook in the U.S. Army and President John Adams appointed him Major. Between 1796 and 1820 he was regent of the University of the State of New York. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1796 Cochran was elected the tenth electoral district of New York at the time which meets even in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of William Cooper on March 4, 1797. He retired after the March 3, 1799 out of the Congress.

Between 1814 and 1818, he sat in the Senate from New York. In 1826 he moved to Oswego. On September 27, 1841, he was appointed postmaster - a position that he held until 21 July 1845. Cochran was for several years editor of the Oswego Democratic Gazette. He died on 7 November 1848 in Oswego and was then buried in the Riverside Cemetery.