John B. Steele

John Benedict Steele ( born March 28, 1814 Delhi, New York, † September 24, 1866 in Rondout, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1861 and 1865 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Benedict Steele was born during the British - American War in Delhi. He attended the Delaware Academy and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown (Massachusetts ), where he studied law. His admission to the bar he was in the 1839 Otsego County and then began practicing in Cooperstown. Between 1841 and 1847 he worked as a district attorney in Otsego County. He moved to Kingston in 1847. In 1850 he was elected to the Special Judge in Ulster County. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1860 for the 37th Congress Steele was in the eleventh electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Scheuneman Kenyon on March 4, 1861. In 1862 he was a candidate in the 13th electoral district of New York for the 38th Congress. After a successful election, he resigned on March 4, 1863 in the footsteps of Abram B. Olin. In 1864 he suffered in his renewed candidacy defeat and retired after the March 3, 1865 from the Congress of. He stood as a candidate in 1866 for nomination for the 40th Congress, but died on the day of Primary. On September 24, 1866, he came in Rondout at Kingston killed. His body was then buried in the Wiltwyck Cemetery in Kingston.