John Savage (Congressman)

John Savage ( born February 22, 1779 Salem, New York, † October 19, 1863 in Utica, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1815 and 1819 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Savage was born during the War of Independence in Salem, Washington County and grew up there. During this time he attended community schools. In 1799 he graduated from Union College in Schenectady. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1800 and then began practicing in Salem. Between 1806 and 1811 and in the years 1812 and 1813, he worked as a district attorney in the fourth district of New York. He sat in 1814 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 for the 14th Congress Savage was in the twelfth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Benjamin Pond and Elisha J. Winter took after March 4, 1815, which had previously together represent the district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He retired after March 3, 1819 from the Congress. As a Congressman he had presided over the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business ( 15th Congress ).

He was 1818-1820 worked as a district attorney in Washington County and 1821-1823 as State Comptroller. In 1823 he was Chief Justice at the New York Supreme Court - a position which he held until 1836. Man he was nominated in 1828 for the post of chamberlain ( treasurer ) of the United States, but he refused. In the presidential elections of 1844 he appeared as an elector ( presidential elector ) for the Democratic Party. James K. Polk and George M. Dallas went then the winner of the race. Savage died on October 19, 1863 in Utica and was then buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery. At that time, civil war raged.