Orsamus B. Matteson

Orsamus Benajah Matteson ( born August 28, 1805 in Verona, New York, † December 22, 1889 in Utica, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1849 and 1851, and 1853-1859 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Orsamus Matteson was born about seven years before the outbreak of the British - American War in Oneida County. He attended community schools. Matteson studied law in Utica. After receiving his license to practice law in 1830 he began to practice for. In 1834 and 1836 he held the position as City Attorney in Utica. He was also the State Supreme Court Commissioner.

Politically he belonged at that time to the Whig party. In the congressional elections of 1846 he ran unsuccessfully for the 30th Congress. He was registered in 1846 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 Timothy Jenkins on March 4, 1848. Matteson suffered in his re-election bid in 1850, a defeat and retired after March 3, 1851 the Congress of. In the congressional elections of 1852 for the 33rd Congress, he was elected in the 20th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Timothy Jenkins on March 4, 1853. He was re-elected twice in a row. Upon his election to the 34th Congress he was a candidate for the opposition party. Matteson became effective on February 27, 1857 back from his seat, but was elected as a Republican to the 35th Congress. He retired after the March 3, 1859 out of the Congress. During his time Congress he had presided over the Committee on the District of Columbia in the 34th Congress. He also sat down for a scheme for the construction of the St. Mary 's Falls Ship Canal.

Matteson then went to wood shops, the iron production and the purchase of large tracts of land. He died on December 22, 1889 in Utica and was then buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery.