- Egbert Ten Eyck
Egbert Ten Eyck (
April 18 ,1779 -April 11 ,1844 ) was aUnited States Representative fromNew York . Born in Schodack,Rensselaer County , he graduated fromWilliams College (inWilliamstown, Massachusetts in 1799, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice inWatertown, New York . He was a member of theNew York State Assembly in 1812 and 1813, and served as speaker. He was supervisor of Jefferson County in 1816, trustee of the village of watertown in 1816, and one of the incorporators of the Jefferson County National Bank. He was first secretary of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society in 1817, president of the village of Watertown in 1820, and was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1822.Ten Eyck was elected to the
Eighteenth United States Congress (March 4 ,1823 -March 3 ,1825 ), and presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Nineteenth Congress and served from March 4 toDecember 15 ,1825 , when he was succeeded byDaniel Hugunin, Jr. , who contested his election.After serving in Congress, Ten Eyck was judge of the Jefferson County courts for nine years. He died in Watertown in 1844; interment was in Brookside Cemetery.
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