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Joseph Egbert

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Joseph Egbert
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from 's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded byJames De La Montanya
Succeeded byHenry C. Murphy
Personal details
Born(1807-04-10)April 10, 1807
Staten Island, New York City, U.S.
DiedJuly 7, 1888(1888-07-07) (aged 81)
New Dorp, New York City, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Joseph Egbert (April 10, 1807 – July 7, 1888) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

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Born near Bull Head, Staten Island, New York, Egbert attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Congress

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Egbert was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

Later career and death

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He resumed agricultural pursuits. Supervisor of Southfield, Richmond County, in 1855 and 1856. County clerk of Richmond County in 1869. He died at his home near New Dorp, New York, July 7, 1888. He was interred in the Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, New York.

References

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  • United States Congress. "Joseph Egbert (id: E000088)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 2nd congressional district

1841–1843
Succeeded by