John Lefferts
{{short description|American politician}}
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|name = John Lefferts
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|state = New York
|district = {{ushr|New York|1|1st}}
|term_start = March 4, 1813
|term_end = March 3, 1815
|predecessor = Ebenezer Sage
|successor = Henry Crocheron
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1785|12|17}}
|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City, New York
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1829|9|18|1785|12|17}}
|death_place = Brooklyn, New York City, New York
|party = Democratic-Republican
}}
John Lefferts (December 17, 1785 – September 18, 1829) was a member of the Thirteenth United States Congress as a Democratic-Republican Representative from New York. He was also a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821 and a member of the New York State Senate from 1820 to 1825. He died in Brooklyn, New York and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Category:Politicians from Brooklyn
Category:New York (state) state senators
Category:Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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