- William B. Rochester
William Beatty Rochester (
January 29 ,1789 -June 14 ,1838 ) was aUnited States Representative fromNew York . He was born inHagerstown, Maryland . He attended the public schools and graduated fromCharlotte Hall Military Academy . During theWar of 1812 , he was anaide-de-camp to General McClure. After the war, he studiedlaw and was admitted to the bar and began practice inBath, New York . Later, he moved toAngelica, New York .Rochester was a member of the New York assembly in 1816-1818. He was elected as a
Democratic-Republican to theSeventeenth Congress and reelected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to theEighteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1821, until his resignation in 1823. After Congress, he was a state circuit judge for the eighth circuit from April 21, 1823, until 1826, when he resigned.Rochester was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for
Governor of New York in 1826. He was secretary to special Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary,Colombia in 1826 andChargé d’Affaires toCentral America in 1827. He settled inBuffalo, New York in 1828 and was president of the branchBank of the United States at Buffalo. He also served as president of the Bank of Pensacola,Florida and director of theAlabama & FloridaRailroad Company in 1837 and 1838. Rochester was lost in the wreck of the steamer "Pulaski" off the coast ofNorth Carolina on June 14, 1838.References
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