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HUMPHREY, Reuben (1757-1831)

Democrat-Republican of New York

16th congressional district

Served in House 1807-1809

Total roll-call votes cast: 170

Biography

A Representative from New York; born in West Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., September 2, 1757; completed preparatory studies; served in the Revolutionary War, as a private; mustered out as captain; held several local offices; keeper of Newgate State Prison in Simsbury, Conn., for five years; located near Marcellus, Onondaga County, N.Y., in 1801; first county judge, 1804-1807; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Tenth Congress (March 4, 1807-March 3, 1809); was not a candidate for renomination to the Eleventh Congress in 1808; member of the New York state senate, 1811-1815; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died on August 12, 1831, near Marcellus, N.Y.; interment in the Old Village Cemetery, Marcellus, N.Y.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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