TALBOT, Silas (1751-1813)
Pro-Administration of New York 
10th congressional district
Served in House 1793-1795
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Biography
A Representative from New York; born in Dighton, Bristol County, Mass., January 11, 1751; completed preparatory studies; went to sea on a coasting vessel; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Providence, R.I.; served in the Revolutionary War, lieutenant and captain; promoted to the rank of major, October 10, 1777, and to lieutenant colonel October 29, 1778; commissioned captain in the Continental Navy September 17, 1779; captured by the British in November 1780 and imprisoned in England until 1781, when he was exchanged and sent to Cherbourg, France; returned to America and resided in Philadelphia, Pa.; moved to Albany, N.Y., and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the New York state assembly, 1792 and 1793; elected as a Pro-Administration candidate to the Third Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1795); again commissioned by President John Adams, May 11, 1798, a captain in the United States Navy; resigned September 21, 1801; died on June 30, 1813, in New York City, N.Y.; interment in Trinity Churchyard, New York, N.Y.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
