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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkJohn SAVAGE
(1779-1863)
SAVAGE, John, a
Representative from New York; born in Salem, Washington County,
N.Y., February 22, 1779; attended the common schools; was graduated
from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1799; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Salem, N.Y.;
district attorney for the fourth New York district 1806-1811 and
1812 and 1813; member of the State assembly in 1814; elected as a
Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4,
1815-March 3, 1819); chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished
Business (Fifteenth Congress); district attorney of Washington
County 1818-1820; State comptroller 1821-1823; chief justice of the
State supreme court 1823-1836; appointed Treasurer of the United
States in 1828 but did not accept; presidential elector on the
Democratic ticket in 1844; died in Utica, N.Y., October 19, 1863;
interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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