Joseph Hawkins (New York)

Joseph Hawkins ( born November 14, 1781 New York, † April 20, 1832 in Henderson, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1829 and 1831 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Hawkins was born during the American Revolutionary War. He completed his preliminary studies. Hawkins studied law. After receiving his license to practice law, he began to practice in Henderson in Jefferson County. He also went to agricultural activities.

As a result of fragmentation of the Democratic-Republican Party before and during the presidency of John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), he joined the anti - Jacksonian Group. In the congressional elections of 1828 Hawkins was in the 20th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Rudolph Bunner and Silas Wright on March 4, 1829. He retired after March 3, 1831 from the Congress.

On April 20, 1832, he died in Henderson and was then buried at the Clark Cemetery.