John Lovett (U.S. Congressman)

John Lovett (* February 20 1761 in Newent Society, Connecticut; † August 12, 1818 in Fort Meigs, Ohio ) was an American politician. Between 1813 and 1817 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Lovett was in Newent Society (now the Township of Lisbon) and grew up during the British colonial period. In 1782 he graduated from Yale College. He moved to Albany and from there to Fort Miller, where he worked as a general agent (general agent ) and land managers ( country steward ). Then he moved to Lansingburgh. He sat in the years 1800 and 1801 in the New York State Assembly. Lovett then returned to Albany, where he pursued a job as a clerk for the Common Council until the outbreak of the British - American War. He was military secretary of General Stephen Van Rensselaer on the northwestern border. In October 1812 he was wounded at the Battle of Queenston Heights. He returned to Albany. On 3 March 1813, he was town clerk ( county clerk ) in Albany County - a position which he held until March 31, 1815. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1812, for the 13th Congress, he was in the ninth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Sammons on March 4, 1813. After a successful re-election he resigned in 1816 to run again and was eliminated after March 3, 1817 from the Congress of.

After his conference time he settled in Perrysburg. He died on 12 August 1818 in Fort Meigs.