Josiah Masters

Josiah Masters ( born November 22, 1763 in Woodbury, Connecticut, † June 30, 1822 in Fairfield, Connecticut) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1805 and 1809 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Josiah Masters was born in Woodbury and grew up during the British colonial period. In 1783 he graduated from Yale College. He studied law. After receiving his license to practice law, he began to practice in Schaghticoke in Rensselaer County. In the years 1792, 1800 and 1801, he sat in the New York State Assembly. He was Town Supervisor in 1796 in Schaghticoke. In 1801 he was justice of the peace in Rensselaer County - a position which he held until 1805. He was a trustee at the Lansingburgh Academy and School Commissioner in Schaghticoke.

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 1804 for the 9th Congress he was in the tenth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George Tibbits on March 4, 1805. After a successful re-election in 1806, he retired after March 3, 1809 out of the Congress.

After his Congress he founded the Schaghticoke Powder Co. Between 1808 and 1822 he was a judge at the Court of Common Pleas in Rensselaer County. He died on June 30, 1822 in Fairfield and was then buried in the Cemetery at Schaghticoke Masters.