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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkWestel WILLOUGHBY, Jr.
(1769-1844)
WILLOUGHBY, Westel, Jr., a
Representative from New York; born in Goshen, Conn., November 20,
1769; moved to Newport, N.Y.; studied medicine and engaged in
practice; appointed judge of the court of common pleas of Herkimer
County in 1805 and served until 1821; president of the Herkimer
County Medical Society 1806-1816 and 1818-1836; served in the State
assembly in 1808 and 1809; president of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons for the Western District of New York 1812-1844; member
of the medical staff of the militia and served in the War of 1812;
successfully contested as a Republican the election of William S.
Smith to the Fourteenth Congress and served from December 13, 1815,
to March 3, 1817; founded the town of Willoughby, Ohio, and also
Willoughby College (now a part of Syracuse University); died in
Newport, Herkimer County, N.Y., October 3, 1844; interment in the
First Baptist Church Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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