John B. Steele

John B. Steele

John Benedict Steele (March 28, 1814 – September 24, 1866) was a U.S. Representative from New York in the American Civil War.

Born in Delhi, New York, Steele attended Delaware Academy at Delhi and was graduated in law from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.He was admitted to the bar of Otsego County in 1839 and commenced practice in Cooperstown, New York.He served as district attorney of Otsego County 1841-1847.He moved to Kingston in 1847.

Steele was elected special judge of Ulster County in 1850.

Steele was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1865).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.He was again a candidate for the nomination in 1866, but died on the eve of the primary.He was accidentally killed in Rondout, near Kingston, New York, September 24, 1866.He was interred in Wiltwyck Cemetery, Kingston, New York.

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