- James Emott
James Emott (
March 9 ,1771 Poughkeepsie ,Dutchess County, New York -April 7 ,1850 Poughkeepsie ,Dutchess County, New York ) was an American lawyer and Federalist politician who served as aUnited States Representative from New York.He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1790, and commenced practice in Ballston Center. He was land commissioner to settle disputes of titles to military reservations in Onondaga County in 1797 and in 1800 moved to Albany.
He was elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses, holding office from
March 4 ,1809 toMarch 3 ,1813 .Emott was a member of the
New York State Assembly from Dutchess County from 1814 to 1817, and served as Speaker the first year.He was judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Dutchess County from
April 8 ,1817 toFebruary 3 ,1823 , and was appointed judge for the second judicial circuit onFebruary 21 ,1827 and held that office until February 1831, when he retired.He was buried at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery.
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