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词条 Matthias J. Bovee
释义

  1. Biography

  2. Career

  3. Death

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox Congressman
| name = Matthias Jacob Bovee
| image =
| state1 = New York
| district1 = 15th
| term_start1 = March 4, 1835
| term_end1 = March 3, 1837
| preceded1 = Charles McVean
| succeeded1 = John Edwards
| office2 = Member of the New York State Assembly
| term2 = 1826
| birth_date = {{birth-date|July 24, 1793}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|September 12, 1872|July 24, 1793}}
| birth_place = Amsterdam, New York
| death_place = Eagle, Wisconsin
| citizenship = {{US}}
| spouse = Elizabeth Bovee
| children =
| profession = teacher

farmer

merchant

politician

Justice of the Peace
| party = Jacksonian
| alma_mater =
| religion =
|}}Matthias Jacob Bovee (July 24, 1793 – September 12, 1872) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York from 1835 to 1837.[1]

Biography

Born in Amsterdam, New York, Bovee attended the rural school until the death of his father in 1807, then taught school in winter and worked the family farm in summer. He married Elizabeth Bovee, daughter of Isacc Bovee.[2]

Career

Bovee engaged in mercantile pursuits in 1815, and served as chairman of the town of Amsterdam. He also served as member of the county board of supervisors. He was elected a member of the State assembly in 1826, and served as Trustee of the village of Amsterdam in 1831.

Elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress, Bovee was United States Representative for the fifteenth district of New York from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1837. Afterward he returned to Amsterdam and resumed mercantile pursuits.

In June 1843, Bovee moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and two months later settled near Eagle, Waukesha County. he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was also in the Justice of the Peace for 10 years.

Death

Bovee died in Eagle, Wisconsin, on September 12, 1872 (age 79 years, 50 days). He is interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Eagle, Wisconsin. His sister Polly (Mary) was the wife of Congressman Benedict Arnold.

References

1. ^{{cite book|title=Matthias J. Bovee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNdOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA132 |publisher=Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century|accessdate=12 September 2013|year=1901 }}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Bovee|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8048985|publisher=Find A Grave|accessdate=12 September 2013}}

External links

{{CongBio|B000675}}
  • Find A Grave
  • The Political Graveyard
  • Govtrackk US Congress

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