| 词条 | James T. Pratt |
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James Timothy Pratt (December 14, 1802 – April 11, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born in Cromwell, Connecticut, Pratt attended the common schools.[1] He engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits in Hartford, Connecticut. Enlisted in the "Horse Guard" in 1820. He served as mayor 1826–29. Pratt was elected major of the First Regiment of Cavalry in 1834. He served as colonel in 1836, brigadier general 1837–39 and a major general 1839–46. Pratt then served as adjutant general in 1846, retiring from mercantile pursuits and settled in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. He served as member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1847, 1848, and 1850. The a member of the Connecticut Senate in 1852. He served as President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1857 and 1862. Pratt was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress. Pratt was an unsuccessful candidate for election as governor in 1858 and 1859. Pratt served as member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war. Pratt was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1870 and 1871. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. Pratt died in Wethersfield, Connecticut, April 11, 1887, and was interred in Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut. References1. ^{{cite web|title=PRATT, James Timothy|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000502|publisher=congress.gov|accessdate=14 April 2013}} External links{{CongBio|P000502}}{{Bioguide}}{{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before= Charles T. Hillyer}}{{s-ttl|title=Connecticut Adjutant General|years=1846–47}}{{s-aft|after= George P. Shelton}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox| state=Connecticut | district=1 | before=Charles Chapman | after= Ezra Clark, Jr. | years=March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 }}{{s-end}}{{Connecticut Adjutant Generals}}{{Portal |Connecticut|Military of the United States|Biography|United States Army}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Pratt, James T.}} 14 : 1802 births|1887 deaths|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut|United States Army generals|Connecticut Adjutant Generals|Connecticut state senators|Presidents pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate|Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives|Mayors of places in Connecticut|Military personnel from Connecticut|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Connecticut Democrats|19th-century American politicians|People from Cromwell, Connecticut |
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