Lucas Elmendorf

Lucas Conrad Elmendorf (* 1758 in Kingston, New York; † August 17, 1843 ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1797 and 1803 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Lucas Conrad Elmendorf grew up during the British colonial era in 1782 and graduated at Princeton College. He studied law and began practicing law in 1785 after obtaining his approval. In 1794 he ran unsuccessfully for a congress seat. As opponents of a strong central government, he joined, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1796, he was elected in the fourth electoral district of New York at the time which meets even in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of John Hathorn on March 4, 1797. He was re-elected twice in a row. Since he gave up a fourth candidacy in 1802, he retired after March 3, 1803 from the Congress. Then he sat in the years 1804 and 1805 in the New York State Assembly and 1814-1817 in the Senate from New York. As First Judge at the Court of Common Pleas (now county court ) of Ulster County, he worked 1815-1821. Then he was 1835-1840 guardianship and estate Richter ( surrogate ) in Ulster County. He died on August 17, 1843 in Kingston, and was buried in the tomb of the First Dutch Church.