- Thomas Jackson Oakley
Thomas Jackson Oakley (
November 10 ,1783 nearPoughkeepsie –May 11 ,1857 New York City ) was aUnited States Representative andNew York State Attorney General .Life
He graduated from
Yale College in 1801, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie. He wassurrogate of Dutchess County in 1810 and 1811, and was elected as a Federalist to theThirteenth United States Congress (March 4 ,1813 –March 3 ,1815 ).Oakley was a member of the
New York State Assembly in 1816 and from 1818 to 1820 he wasNew York State Attorney General from 1819 to 1821, and was again elected to Congress, serving fromMarch 4 ,1827 , untilMay 9 ,1828 , when he resigned to go on the bench. He was a judge of thesuperior court ofNew York City from 1828 to 1847, was appointed chief justice in October 1847 and served until his death in office. He was buried atTrinity Churchyard in New York.He married Matilda Cruger (1809-1891), and they had several children. His father-in-law was
Henry Cruger , who had the unique distinction of serving as both a member of Parliament (1774-1780; 1784-1790) and as a New York State Senator (1792-1796).References
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* [http://www.oag.state.ny.us/previous_aglist.html List of New York Attorneys General]
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