Jonathan O. Moseley

Jonathan Ogden Moseley ( born April 9, 1762, East Haddam, Connecticut, † September 9, 1838 in Saginaw, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1805 and 1821 he represented the state of Connecticut in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jonathan Moseley attended the public schools of his home and then to 1780 the Yale College. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started in East Haddam to work in his new profession. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party, founded by Alexander Hamilton. Between 1794 and 1804 he was a member of the House of Connecticut. From 1794 to 1817 he was also justice of the peace in East Haddam. In addition, he served 1801-1805 as District Attorney in Middlesex County. Moseley was also a member of the militia of his native country, in which he expressed it in 1802 to the colonel.

In the congressional elections of 1804, which were held all across the state of Connecticut, Moseley was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. After seven elections he could complete 1821 eight contiguous parliamentary terms in Congress between 4 March 1805 and 3 March. During this time, including the British -American War of 1812 and the connection of Florida to the United States fell in 1819.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Moseley moved to Saginaw, Michigan, where he worked as a lawyer until his death in September 1838.

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