Timothy Pitkin
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Timothy Pitkin | |
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| Born | 21 January 1766 Farmington, Connecticut |
| Died | 18 December 1847 (Aged 81) New Haven,Connecticut |
| Political party | Federalist Party |
| Education | Yale University |
Timothy Pitkin(January 21, 1766 inFarmington, Connecticut– December 18, 1847 inNew Haven, Connecticut) was an American lawyer, politician, and historian.
He graduated fromYalein 1785, taught in the academy atPlainfield, Connecticut,for a year, studied law, and was admitted to thebarin 1788. He served in theState LegislatureofConnecticutin 1790, 1792, and 1794‑1805, serving as Clerk of the House 1800‑1802 and as Speaker 1803‑1805. He was elected as aFederalistto theUnited StatesCongressin the Ninth Congress to fill in part the vacancies caused by the resignations ofCalvin GoddardandRoger Griswold;and was re-elected to the Tenth and to the five succeeding Congresses, thus serving from September 16, 1805, to March 3, 1819.
Pitkin was elected a member of theAmerican Antiquarian Societyin 1815.[1]
He was not a candidate for renomination to the federal Congress in 1818, but was a delegate to the convention which framed the new state constitution in that year. Resuming his private law practice, he also returned to serve as a member of the Connecticut state House of Representatives from 1819 to 1830. His writing on and gathering of statistical materials are the accomplishments which accord him a special place in the history of theUnited States.Written with great care,A Statistical View of the Commerce of the United States of America(1816)[2]andPolitical and Civil History of the United States from 1763 to the Close of Washington's Administration(2 volumes, 1828)[3]are valuable reference works for students of American history. He is buried in New Haven, in Grove Street Cemetery.
He was the maternal uncle ofRoger Sherman Baldwin's wifeEmily Pitkin Perkins.
References[edit]
- ^American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
- ^Pitkin, Timothy (1967).A Statistical View of the Commerce of the United States.ISBN9780678002193.
- ^Pitkin, Timothy.A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period.ISBN9780608406299.
External links[edit]
- Timothy Pitkin- U.S. Congressional Biographical Information
- Timothy Pitkin,Connecticut State Library
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Gilman, D. C.;Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905).New International Encyclopedia(1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.{{cite encyclopedia}}:Missing or empty|title=(help)
It also incorporates text from theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress,also in the public domain.
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- 1766 births
- 1847 deaths
- People from Farmington, Connecticut
- Speakers of the Connecticut House of Representatives
- Connecticut lawyers
- Yale University alumni
- Burials at Grove Street Cemetery
- Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
- Members of the American Antiquarian Society
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Historians from Connecticut