Vincent Mathews

Vincent Mathews (* June 29, 1766 in Newburgh, New York; † August 23, 1846 in Rochester, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1809 and 1811 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Vincent Mathews was born during the British colonial period in " Matthew 's Field " at Newburgh in Orange County and grew up there. He pursued an academic career. During this time he attended Noah Webster 's School in Goshen and the Academy in Hackensack (New Jersey). He studied law in New York City. His admission to the bar he received in 1790 and then began to practice in Elmira. He sat 1794 in the New York State Assembly and in the years 1796, 1797 and 1809 in the Senate from New York. As a Bounty Land Claims Commissioner, he was active in 1798. He served as a cavalry commander and brigadier general in the National Guard of New York.

Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party. In the congressional elections of 1808 for the 11th Congress, he was in the 14th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Russell on March 4, 1809. He retired after March 3, 1811 from the Congress.

Between 1813 and 1815 he was District Attorney in the Seventh District of New York. He moved to Bath in 1821 and from there to Rochester. In 1826 he was back in the New York State Assembly. He was then District Attorney in Monroe County. Then he went to a lawyer in Rochester its activities. He died there on 23 August 1846 and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery.