William Duer (U.S. Congressman)

William Duer ( born May 25, 1805 in New York City; † August 25, 1879 in New Brighton, Richmond County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician ( Whig Party ). He was the grandson of William Duer ( 1747-1799 ).

Private life

William Duer completed his preparatory studies and graduated in 1824 from Columbia College (New York City). He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1824 and commenced practice in New York City. Duer lived from 1832 in New Orleans, and from 1836 in Oswego (New York). He was 1845-1847 District Attorney ( District Attorney ) of Oswego County ( New York). Then he settled in 1854 in San Francisco, where he pursued his activities as a lawyer again. He served as Clerk of the San Francisco County in the years 1858 and 1859. Last year he returned to Staten Iceland, where he lived until his death in 1879. He was buried in Silver Mount Cemetery in Tompkinsville (New York).

Political action

Duer, a political career decided to pursue when he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the New York State Assembly in 1832. A renewed effort in the State Assembly, he made years later, where he worked in 1840 and 1841 after a successful election. Then he ran in 1842 unsuccessfully for a seat in 28 U.S. Congress. Two years later, he was a delegate to the Whig National Convention here. He was eventually elected as a Whig to the 30th U.S. Congress and re-elected in the subsequent U.S. Congress, where he worked between March 4, 1847, and March 3, 1851. After that he was appointed on 18 March 1851 by U.S. President Fillmore appointed consul of Valparaíso ( Chile) and has held this post until 23 March 1853.