John Adams (New York)

John Adams ( born August 26, 1778 in Oak Hill, New York, † September 25, 1854 in Catskill, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented 1815 and 1833-1835 the New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Adams was born during the War of Independence in Oak Hill ( Town of Durham ) and grew up there. During this time he attended community schools and then teach in Durham. Adams studied law. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1805 and then began practicing in Durham. Governor Daniel D. Tompkins appointed him in 1810 to the guardianship and estate Richter ( surrogate ) in Greene County. Adams sat then in the years 1812 and 1813 in the New York State Assembly.

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 he was in the eighth election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Samuel Sherwood on March 4, 1815. Erastus Root challenged his election, however, due to a technicality in the login is successful, so that Adams retired from Congress after 26 December 1815. Later he joined the Jacksonian Group. In 1832 he was a candidate for the 32nd Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1833, the successor of John King. Since he performed on a bid again in 1834, he retired after the March 3, 1835 out of the Congress.

Adams moved to Catskill, where he served until his death as a lawyer. In 1835 he was elected Director of the Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad. He died on September 25, 1854 in Catskill, and was then buried in the Thomson Street Cemetery. His younger brother Platt (1792-1887) was a member of the Senate from New York.

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