Walter Case

Walter Case (* 1776 in Pleasant Valley, New York, † October 7, 1859 in Fishkill, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1819 and 1821 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Walter Case was born during the War of Independence in Pleasant Valley. He was taught by private tutors. Then he attended the Newburgh Academy and graduated in 1799 from Union College in Schenectady. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1802 and then began to practice in Newburgh. 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 1818 Case in the sixth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James W. Wilkin on March 4, 1819. He retired after the March 3, 1821 out of the Congress. After the founding of the Whig Party, he joined this. After his time Congress, he worked as a lawyer again. In 1844 he moved to New York City, where until 1848 he continued his previous work, as he went into retirement. He died on 7 October 1859 in Fishkill, and was then buried in the Rural Cemetery Fishkill.