Temporary Disabled. :) please Go back John Blake Jr. (politician) - Wikipedia www.fgks.org » Address: [go: up one dir, main page] Include Form Remove Scripts Accept Cookies Show Images Show Referer Rotate13 Base64 Strip Meta Strip Title Session Cookies Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search John Blake Jr. (politician) Article Talk Language Watch Edit For other uses, see John Blake (disambiguation). John Blake Jr. (December 5, 1762 – January 13, 1826) was an American slave owner,[1] lawyer, and politician and a U. S. Representative from New York. John Blake Jr.Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom New York's 5th districtIn officeMarch 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809Preceded byAndrew McCordSucceeded byBarent GardenierMember of the New York State AssemblyIn office1812-181318001798-1799 Personal detailsBornDecember 5, 1762 (1762-12-05)Ulster County, Province of New York, British AmericaDiedJanuary 13, 1826 (1826-01-14) (aged 63)Montgomery, New York, U.S.Citizenship United StatesPolitical partyDemocratic-RepublicanSpouseElsie Eager BlakeChildrenMargaret Blake Dill Ann Blake Godfrey William Blake Sarah Blake Milliken Fanny Blake Elsie Blake MillerProfessionsheriff politician judgeMilitary serviceAllegiance United States of AmericaBranch/serviceNew York State MilitiaBattles/warsRevolutionary War Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Death 4 References 5 External links Biography edit Born in Ulster County in the Province of New York, Blake attended the public schools and during the Revolutionary War Blake served in the New York State Militia. He married Elsie Eager and they had six children, Margaret, Ann, William, Sarah, Fanny, and Elsie.[2] Career edit Appointed deputy sheriff of Ulster County in 1793, Blake was then a member of the New York State Assembly in 22nd New York State Legislature from 1798 to 1799 and 23rd New York State Legislature in 1800. He was sheriff of Orange County from 1803 to 1805. Elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 9th and 10th United States Congresses, Blake was United States Representative for the fifth district of New York from March 4, 1805, to March 4, 1809.[3] Blake was again a member of the State assembly in 36th New York State Legislature from 1812 to 1813. He served as judge of the Orange County Court of Common Pleas from 1815 to 1818. He was a presidential elector in 1816, voting for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins. Again serving in the State assembly in 1819, Blake was then supervisor of the town of Montgomery for fifteen terms. Death edit Blake died in Montgomery, Orange County, New York. He is interred at Berea Churchyard, near Newburgh, New York.[4] References edit ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 27, 2022, retrieved January 31, 2022 ^ "John Blake Jr". Find A Grave. Retrieved September 9, 2013. ^ "John Blake Jr". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved September 9, 2013. ^ "John Blake Jr". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved September 9, 2013. External links edit United States Congress. "John Blake Jr. (id: B000533)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byAndrew McCord Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 5th congressional district March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809 Succeeded byBarent Gardenier
John Blake Jr. (December 5, 1762 – January 13, 1826) was an American slave owner,[1] lawyer, and politician and a U. S. Representative from New York.
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Born in Ulster County in the Province of New York, Blake attended the public schools and during the Revolutionary War Blake served in the New York State Militia. He married Elsie Eager and they had six children, Margaret, Ann, William, Sarah, Fanny, and Elsie.[2]
Appointed deputy sheriff of Ulster County in 1793, Blake was then a member of the New York State Assembly in 22nd New York State Legislature from 1798 to 1799 and 23rd New York State Legislature in 1800. He was sheriff of Orange County from 1803 to 1805.
Elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 9th and 10th United States Congresses, Blake was United States Representative for the fifth district of New York from March 4, 1805, to March 4, 1809.[3]
Blake was again a member of the State assembly in 36th New York State Legislature from 1812 to 1813. He served as judge of the Orange County Court of Common Pleas from 1815 to 1818. He was a presidential elector in 1816, voting for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins.
Again serving in the State assembly in 1819, Blake was then supervisor of the town of Montgomery for fifteen terms.
Blake died in Montgomery, Orange County, New York. He is interred at Berea Churchyard, near Newburgh, New York.[4]