John Herkimer

John Herkimer

John Herkimer (1773 – 1848) was an American jurist and U.S. Congressman from New York.

Herkimer was born in Tryon County, New York in 1773, and was a nephew of the revolutionary General Nicholas Herkimer. He attended public schools, and served as a judge in local courts. He was elected to the state assembly several times, and served in New York's constitutional convention of 1801.

During the War of 1812, he served in the militia as a Major, leading a battalion in the defense of Sackets Harbor, New York.He was elected to the U.S. Congress as a Democratic-Republican in 1816 and 1822.

He died at his home in Danube, New York on June 8 1848, around the age of 75.

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000529 U.S. Congress Biography]


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