Micah Brooks

Democratic Republican Representative of New York's 21st district

Congresses Served

House Terms

May 14, 1775 (82 years old)

Birthday

July 7, 1857

Death

American politician and U.S. Representative from New York.
Early education received from his father; worked as a pioneer and surveyor in western New York.
Appointed Justice of the Peace in 1806.
Served in the New York State Assembly from 1808 to 1809.
Held military rank as a colonel during the War of 1812 and later as a major general of the New York State Infantry from 1828 to 1830.
Elected to the 14th United States Congress, serving from 1815 to 1817 as a Democratic-Republican.
Engaged in agricultural pursuits after his congressional term.
Participated as a delegate in the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.
Served as a presidential elector in 1824, casting his vote for John Quincy Adams.
Buried in Nunda Cemetery, New York.