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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkJohn Holmes PRENTISS
(1784-1861)
PRENTISS, John Holmes,
(brother of Samuel Prentiss), a Representative from New York; born
in Worcester, Mass., April 17, 1784; attended local and private
schools; foreman of the New York Evening Post in 1808; moved to
Cooperstown, Otsego County, N.Y., in October 1808; established the
Freeman’s Journal in the same year and served as editor;
appointed colonel of militia by Governor Clinton and served as
division inspector on the staff of the commander in chief;
postmaster of Cooperstown from April 24, 1833, to February 17,
1837; vice president of the Democratic State convention at Albany;
elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth
Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1840; resumed his former newspaper pursuits; also
served as president of the Bank of Cooperstown; resided in
Cooperstown, N.Y., until his death in that city on June 26, 1861;
interment in Lakewood Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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