Thomas Tredwell

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Thomas Tredwell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 1st district
In office
May 1791 - March 3, 1795
Preceded byWilliam Floyd
Succeeded byJonathan Nicoll Havens
Personal details
Born(1743-02-06)February 6, 1743
Anti-Administration
RelationsThomas Treadwell Davis

Thomas Tredwell (February 6, 1743 – December 30, 1831) was an American

Plattsburgh, New York. He served in the New York State Senate and represented New York in the United States House of Representatives
from 1791 to 1795.

Biography

Tredwell was born in

Plattsburgh. He owned slaves.[1]

He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress of New York in 1774 and 1775 and a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1776 and 1777. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1777 to 1783; judge of the court of probate from 1778 to 1787; served in the New York State Senate from 1786 to 1789; surrogate of Suffolk County, New York from 1787 to 1791; and delegate to the State ratification convention in 1788.

Tredwell was elected to the

James Townsend, after previously being a candidate for the same seat in 1790,[2] and was re-elected to the 3rd United States Congress, serving from May 1791 to March 3, 1795. He was one of seven representatives to vote against the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. [3]

He was a delegate to the

New York State Constitutional Convention of 1801. He was again a member of the New York State Senate (Eastern D.) from 1804 to 1807 and surrogate of Clinton County, New York
from 1807 to 1831.

He died in Plattsburgh, New York on December 30, 1831, and is interred in a private burial ground in Beekmantown, New York.

Family life

Tredwell's grandson Thomas Treadwell Davis also represented New York in the United States House of Representatives.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 13, 2022, retrieved July 5, 2022
  2. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "Voteview | Plot Vote: 2nd Congress > House > 85". voteview.com. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "DAVIS, Thomas Treadwell, (1810 - 1872)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
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from New York's 1st congressional district
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