James Emott

James Emott ( born March 9, 1771 in Poughkeepsie, New York, † April 7, 1850 ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1809 and 1813 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Emott was born about four years before the outbreak of the War of Independence in Poughkeepsie and enjoyed a good education. He studied law and began after the receipt of his admission as a solicitor in 1790 to practice in Ballson Center. As land commissioner in 1797, he was responsible for the settlement of disputes relating to claims of ownership of military bases in Onondaga County. Emott moved to Albany in 1800. He represented the Albany County in 1804 in the New York State Assembly and was at that time working as a speaker. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party. In the congressional elections of 1808 he was in the fourth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Philip Van Cortlandt on March 4, 1809. He was re-elected once and retired after the March 3, 1813 from the Congress of. Between 1814 and 1817 he represented the Dutchess County in New York State Assembly. During this time he worked as a speaker in the first year. He was on April 8, 1817 to February 3, 1823 for a judge at the Court of Common Pleas in Dutchess County. On 21 February 1827 he was appointed as a judge in the second judicial district, a position which he held until his resignation in February 1831. He died on April 7, 1850 in Poughkeepsie and was then buried in the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery.