John Savage (Congressman)

John Savage
John Savage
Chief Justice of the; New York Supreme Court
	In office; 1823–1837
Preceded by	Ambrose Spencer
Succeeded by	Samuel Nelson
New York State Comptroller
	In office; 1821–1823
Governor	DeWitt Clinton ; Joseph C. Yates
Preceded by	Archibald McIntyre
Succeeded by	William L. Marcy
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives ; from New York's 12th district
	In office; 1815–1819
Preceded by	Elisha I. Winter ; Zebulon R. Shipherd
Succeeded by	Ezra C. Gross ; Nathaniel Pitcher
Personal details
Born	February 22, 1779; Salem, New York
Died	October 19, 1863 (aged 84); Utica, New York
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Ruth Wheeler
Alma mater	Union College
Profession	Attorney

Last updated April 12, 2019

John Savage (February 22, 1779 in Salem, Washington County, New York – October 19, 1863 in Utica, Oneida County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician.^[1]^[2]

Salem is a town in eastern Washington County, New York. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 2,702 at the 2000 census. The town of Salem contains a hamlet also named Salem, formerly an incorporated village.

Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,216. The county seat is Fort Edward. The county was named for U.S. President George Washington.

Utica is a city in the Mohawk Valley and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The tenth-most-populous city in New York, its population was 62,235 in the 2010 U.S. census. Located on the Mohawk River at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains, Utica is approximately 95 miles northwest of Albany, 55 mi (89 km) east of Syracuse and 240 miles northwest of New York City. Utica and the nearby city of Rome anchor the Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises all of Oneida and Herkimer counties.

Early life

Savage was born on February 22, 1779 in Salem, New York. He was the son of Mary (née McNaughton) Savage and Edward Savage, who served in the Penobscot Expedition and enlisted in Col. Samuel McCobb's regiment during the American Revolutionary War.^[3]

The Penobscot Expedition was a 44-ship American naval task force mounted during the Revolutionary War by the Provincial Congress of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The flotilla of 19 warships and 25 smaller support vessels sailed from Boston on July 19, 1779 for the upper Penobscot Bay in the District of Maine carrying a ground expeditionary force of more than 1,000 colonial Marines and militiamen. Also included was a 100-man artillery detachment under the command of Lt. Colonel Paul Revere. The Expedition's goal was to reclaim control of what is now mid-coast Maine from the British who had seized it a month earlier and renamed it New Ireland. It was the largest American naval expedition of the war. The fighting took place both on land and at sea in and around the mouth of the Penobscot and Bagaduce Rivers at what is today Castine, Maine over a period of three weeks in July and August of 1779. One of its greatest victories of the war for the British, the Expedition was also the United States' worst naval defeat until Pearl Harbor 162 years later in 1941.

American Revolutionary War War between Great Britain and the Thirteen Colonies, which won independence as the United States of America

The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was an 18th-century war between Great Britain and its Thirteen Colonies which declared independence as the United States of America.

He graduated from Union College in 1799. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1800.^[1]

Union College college located in Schenectady, New York, United States

Union College is a private, non-denominational liberal arts college located in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. In the 19th century, it became the "Mother of Fraternities", as three of the earliest such organizations were established there. After 175 years as a traditional all-male institution, Union College began enrolling women in 1970.

Career

After being admitted to the bar, Savage commenced practice in Salem, N.Y. He was District Attorney of the Fourth District from 1806 to 1811, and from 1812 to 1815, his jurisdiction comprising Washington, Essex, Clinton and St. Lawrence Counties, from 1808 on also Franklin County, and from 1813 on also Warren County.^[4]

Essex County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,370. Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown. Its name is from the English county of Essex. Along with Hamilton County, Essex is entirely within the Adirondack Park.

Clinton County is a county in the state of New York, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,128. Its county seat is the city of Plattsburgh. The county is named after George Clinton, the first Governor of New York, who went on to become Vice President, having been a Founding Father who represented New York in the Continental Congress. The county lies to the south of the border with the Canadian province of Quebec.

St. Lawrence County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944. The county seat is Canton. The county is named for the Saint Lawrence River, which in turn was named for the Christian saint Lawrence of Rome, on whose Feast day the river was discovered by French explorer Jacques Cartier.

He was a member from Washington and Warren Counties of the New York State Assembly in 1814. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1819.^[4]

Warren County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 65,707. The county seat is Queensbury. The county is named in honor of General Joseph Warren, an American Revolutionary War hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly, with each of the 150 Assembly districts having an average population of 128,652. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.

He was District Attorney of Washington County from 1818 to 1820. He was New York State Comptroller from 1821 to 1823. He was Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1823 to 1837. In 1828, he was appointed Treasurer of the United States, but declined. He was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1844.^[1]

The New York State Comptroller is a state cabinet officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the New York state government's Department of Audit and Control. The duties of the comptroller include auditing government operations and operating the state's retirement system, the New York State Common Retirement Fund.

The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System. It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction, although outside New York City it acts primarily as a court of civil jurisdiction, with most criminal matters handled in County Court.

The Treasurer of the United States is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was originally charged with the receipt and custody of government funds, though many of these functions have been taken over by different bureaus of the Department. Responsibility for oversight of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the United States Mint, and the United States Savings Bonds Division was assigned to the Treasurer in 1981. As of 2002 the Office of the Treasurer underwent a major reorganization. The Treasurer now advises the Director of the Mint, the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Deputy Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury on matters relating to coinage, currency and the production of other instruments by the United States.

Personal life

Savage was married to Ruth Wheeler (1784–1837). Ruth was the daughter of Anna (née Lyman) Wheeler and Gideon Wheeler, who also fought in the Revolutionary War under Capt. David Wheeler and Capt. Asa Barnes. Together they were the parents of:^[3]

Mary Ann Savage (1819–1846), who married Ward Hunt (1810–1886), the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.^[5]

Savage died on October 19, 1863 in Utica, New York. He was buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 "SAVAGE, John - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 April 2018.
↑ Weeks, Lyman Horace; Dougherty, John Hampden (1911). Legal and Judicial History of New York. National Americana Society. pp. 125–126.
1 2 Daughters of the American Revolution (1900). Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 247. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
1 2 Hough, A.M., M.D., Franklin Benjamin (1858). The New York Civil List: Containing the Names and Origin of the Civil Divisions, and the Names and Dates of Election or Appointment of the Principal State and County Officers from the Revolution to the Present Time. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Co., Publishers. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
↑ "Obituary. Ex-Judge Ward Hunt". The New York Times . March 25, 1886. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

External links

United States Congress. "John Savage (id: S000082)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
John Savage at Find a Grave
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Preceded by Elisha I. Winter, Zebulon R. Shipherd	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 12th congressional district 1815–1819 with Asa Adgate 1815–17 and John Palmer 1817–19	Succeeded by Ezra C. Gross, Nathaniel Pitcher
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Preceded by Archibald McIntyre	New York State Comptroller 1821–1823	Succeeded by William L. Marcy
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Preceded by Ambrose Spencer	Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court 1823–1837	Succeeded by Samuel Nelson

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[JSbioguide-1] 1 2 3 4 "SAVAGE, John - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[Weeks1911-2] Weeks, Lyman Horace; Dougherty, John Hampden (1911). Legal and Judicial History of New York. National Americana Society. pp. 125–126.

[DAR1900-3] 1 2 Daughters of the American Revolution (1900). Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 247. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[Hough1858-4] 1 2 Hough, A.M., M.D., Franklin Benjamin (1858). The New York Civil List: Containing the Names and Origin of the Civil Divisions, and the Names and Dates of Election or Appointment of the Principal State and County Officers from the Revolution to the Present Time. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Co., Publishers. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

[JWHObit1886-5] "Obituary. Ex-Judge Ward Hunt". The New York Times . March 25, 1886. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

John Savage


Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court
In office 1823–1837
Preceded by	Ambrose Spencer
Succeeded by	Samuel Nelson
New York State Comptroller
In office 1821–1823
Governor	DeWitt Clinton Joseph C. Yates
Preceded by	Archibald McIntyre
Succeeded by	William L. Marcy
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from New York's 12th district
In office 1815–1819
Preceded by	Elisha I. Winter Zebulon R. Shipherd
Succeeded by	Ezra C. Gross Nathaniel Pitcher

Personal details
Born	(1779-02-22)February 22, 1779 Salem, New York
Died	October 19, 1863(1863-10-19) (aged 84) Utica, New York
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Ruth Wheeler
Alma mater	Union College
Profession	Attorney