John G. Sawyer

John Gilbert Sawyer ( born June 5, 1825 Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont; † September 5, 1898 in Albion, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1885 and 1891 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Sawyer attended the common schools and Millville Academy in New York State. Between 1848 and 1851 he had as a school board oversight of the public schools in Orleans County. After studying law and his 1850 was admitted to the bar he began in Albion to work in this profession. From 1851 to 1862 he was also justice of the peace in the town of Barre. From 1862 to 1865, he served there as a district attorney; 1867 to 1883 he was District Judge and District Council also in Orleans County. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. He was a delegate to several regional party conferences in his state part.

In the congressional elections of 1884 Sawyer was in the 31 electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrat Robert S. Stevens on March 4, 1885. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1891 three legislative periods. Since 1889 he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Navy Department.

In 1890, John Sawyer gave up another Congress candidate. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on September 5, 1898 in Albion, where he was also buried.