Peter Sailly

Peter Sailly (* April 20, 1754 in Lorraine, France, † March 16, 1826 in Plattsburgh, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1805 and 1807, he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Peter Sailly was born during the reign of Louis XVI. , King of France, in the Lorraine region and grew up there. In the last year of the Revolutionary War, he emigrated to the United States and settled in Plattsburgh. There he went commercial transactions after and worked as a furrier (fur trader ). He was also active as a producer of potash and in the shipment of lumber. In 1788 he was an Associate Justice (associate justice) at the Court of Common Pleas - a position which he held until 1796. He has served as Commissioner of Highways and School Commissioner in the years 1797 and 1798. He then worked in the years 1799 and 1800 as Supervisor of Schools. He sat in 1803 in the New York State Assembly. Between 1804 and 1806 he was a judge in Clinton County.

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 eleventh electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Beriah Palmer on March 4, 1805. Since he gave up for reelection in 1806, he retired after the March 3, 1807 out of the Congress.

After his conference time, he was from 1807 until his death as Collector of Customs in Plattsburgh active. He died there on March 16, 1826 and was buried at the Riverside Cemetery.