Micah Brooks
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Micah Brooks (May 14, 1775 Brooksvale, New Haven County, Connecticut – July 7, 1857 Fillmore, Allegany County, New York) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Life
Brooks received his early education from his father. He was a pioneer and one of the earliest surveyors of western New York.
He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1806. He was a member from Ontario County of the New York State Assembly in 1808-09. He served as colonel on the frontier and at Fort Erie during the War of 1812. He was a major general of the New York State Infantry from 1828 to 1830.
Brooks was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 14th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817. Afterwards he engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821. He was elected a presidential elector in 1824 and cast his vote for John Quincy Adams.
He was buried at the Nunda Cemetery in Nunda, Livingston County, New York.
References
- United States Congress. "Micah Brooks (id: B000883)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 57, 70, 261 and 326; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Micah Brooks at Find a Grave
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| Preceded by Samuel M. Hopkins, Nathaniel W. Howell |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1815–1817 with Peter B. Porter 1815–16 and Archibald S. Clarke 1816–17 |
Succeeded by Benjamin Ellicott, John C. Spencer |