Jeremiah E. Cary

Jeremiah Eaton Cary ( born April 30, 1803 in Coventry, Rhode Iceland, † June 1888 in Rockville Centre, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1843 and 1845 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jeremiah Eaton Cary attended public schools. In 1820 he moved to Cherry Valley. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1829, he began practicing in New York City. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1842 for the 28th Congress Cary was the 21st electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John C. Clark on March 4, 1843. He retired after the March 3, 1845 out of the Congress.

After his time he took Congress in New York City his work as a lawyer on. In 1860 he moved to Plainfield (New Jersey), where he continued to work as a lawyer. The following years were overshadowed by the Civil War. He died in June 1888 during a visit to Rockville Centre on Long Iceland. His body was then buried at the Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery in Plainfield.