BIOGRAPHIES
Biographical
Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Source: Ancestry.com
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Description:
This database is a directory to all the biographies of
those individuals who served in the Continental Congress
from 1774 to 1788, and The Congress of the United States
from 1789 to 1949. The entries are in alphabetical order
and each entry includes, where possible, the following
information: name, place of birth and death, education,
political offices and positions held, length of service,
membership and leadership in committees and institutions,
and noteworthy accomplishments.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Biographical Directory of the American
Congress [database online]. Orem, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.,
1998. Original data: Biographical Directory of the
American Congress, 1774-1949: The Continental Congress
September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and The Congress
of the United States From the First to the Eightieth
Congress March 4, 1789 to January 3, 1949, Inclusive.
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office,
1950.
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JEHIEL HOWELL HALSEY
HALSEY, Jehiel Howell (son of Silas Halsey), a
Representative from New York;
Born in Southampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October 7, 1788; moved to
Herkimer County in 1793 with his parents, who settled in
what is now the town of Lodi, Seneca County; attended the
common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; county
clerk of Seneca County 1819-1821;
Elected as a Jacksonian
Democrat to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4,
1829-March 3, 1831); resumed agricultural pursuits;
member of the State senate 1832-1835; surrogate of Seneca
County 1837-1843; supervisor of the town of Lodi
1845-1846;
Died in Lodi, Seneca County,
N.Y., December 5, 1867; interment in West Lodi Cemetery.
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