Micah Brooks
United States general
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| Intro | United States general | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Politician Judge | |
| Work field | Law Politics | |
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| Birth | 14 May 1775 | |
| Death | 7 July 1857 (aged 82 years) |
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Micah Brooks (May 14, 1775 Brooksvale, New Haven County, Connecticut – July 7, 1857 Fillmore, Allegany County, New York) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Life
Brooks received his early education from his father. He was a pioneer and one of the earliest surveyors of western New York.
He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1806. He was a member from Ontario County of the New York State Assembly in 1808-09. He served as colonel on the frontier and at Fort Erie during the War of 1812. He was a major general of the New York State Infantry from 1828 to 1830.
Brooks was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 14th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817. Afterwards he engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821. He was elected a presidential elector in 1824 and cast his vote for John Quincy Adams.
He was buried at the Nunda Cemetery in Nunda, Livingston County, New York.