John Magee (1794)

John Magee (1794)

John Magee (1794 - 1868) was a US Congressman from New York state; born in Easton, Northumberland County, Pa., September 3, 1794; attended the common schools; served in the War of 1812; moved to Bath, Steuben County, N.Y., in 1812; elected constable in 1818 and served until 1820; appointed sheriff of Steuben County in 1821 and elected to that office in 1822; elected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1831); was not a candidate for renomination in 1830; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867; devoted the remaining years of his life to banking, railroading, and was also interested in mining; died at Watkins, Schuyler County, N.Y., April 5, 1868; interment in Glenwood Cemetery.

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* [http://crookedlakereview.com/articles/101_135/115spring2000/115emerson.html A Biography of John Magee] by Gary M. Emerson
* [http://crookedlakereview.com/articles/1_33/26may1990/26folts.html John Magee and the Southern Tier Stage Lines] by James D. Folts
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html Index to Politicians]


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