Richard McCarty (U.S. politician)

Richard McCarty ( born February 19, 1780 in Coeymans, New York, † May 18, 1844 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1821 and 1823 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Richard McCarty, son of General David McCarty (1737-1812), was born during the Revolutionary War in Coeymans. He attended public schools. Between 1811 and 1813, he was town clerk ( county clerk ) in Greene County. He walked employment as Flour Inspector in New York to.

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 1820 for the 17th Congress McCarty was in the eighth election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert Clark on March 4, 1821. He retired after the March 3, 1823 out of the Congress.

After his conference time he was president of the Lafayette Bank in New York City and was appointed to the Committee, which received General Lafayette, when he visited the United States in the years 1824 and 1825. McCarty died on May 18, 1844 in New York City and was buried in Adams Cemetery in Coxsackie. About two years later, the Mexican -American War broke out.