- Timothy Childs
Timothy Childs (1785 -
November 8 ,1847 ) was a U.S. Representative fromNew York .Born in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts , Childs moved toRochester, New York .He was graduated from Williams College,Williamstown, Massachusetts , in 1811.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced inRochester, New York .He served as prosecuting attorney of Monroe County 1821-1831.He served as member of the State assembly in 1828 and again in 1833.Childs was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-first Congress (
March 4 ,1829 -March 3 ,1831 ).He resumed the practice of law.Childs was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress. And reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (
March 4 ,1835 -March 3 ,1839 ).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Twenty-fifth Congress).Childs was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (
March 4 ,1841 -March 3 ,1843 ).He died in Santa Cruz, N.Mex.,November 8 ,1847 .References
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