Nathaniel Niles (politician)
Nathaniel Niles ( born April 3, 1741 South Kingston, Rhode Iceland, † October 31, 1828 in Fairlee, Vermont) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1791 and 1795 he represented the second electoral district of the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
Nathaniel Niles enjoyed a very good education. This he received first at Harvard College and later Harvard University emerged from the, and then to 1766 at Princeton College, the forerunner of Princeton University. He studied law, medicine and theology and was temporarily employed in New York as a teacher. In the cities of Norwich and Torrington, he was a preacher. In Norwich, he was also reflected by the invention of a method for manufacturing wire and through the establishment of some mills a name.
After the American Revolution he moved to Fairlee, Vermont. In 1784 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Vermont. There he became president of the house. Between 1784 and 1788 he was a judge on the Vermont Supreme Court In 1791 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Vermont. Politically, he joined the opposition against the then Federal Government under President George Washington and later became a member of the Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson.
After the official admission of the State of Vermont in the United States Niles was elected in the second district of this state in the U.S. House of Representatives, which met in Philadelphia at that time yet. After a re-election in 1792, he could remain until March 3, 1795 in Congress. Following his time in Congress Niles was 1800-1803 and again 1812-1815 deputy in the House of Representatives from Vermont. Between 1803 and 1809 he served on the senior staff of the Governor. In the years 1804 and 1812 he was presidential elector of his party for Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In 1814 he was again a delegate to another assembly to reform the constitution. After that, Niles moved back into retirement. He died on October 31, 1828 and was buried in West Fairlee.