Joseph Reynolds (congressman)
{{short description|American politician}}
{{For|the American Civil War general with a similar name|Joseph J. Reynolds}}
{{Infobox Congressman
| state = New York
| district = 22nd
| term_start = March 4, 1835
| term_end = March 3, 1837
| predecessor = {{plainlist |
| successor = {{plainlist |
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1785|09|14}}
| birth_place = Easton, New York, USA
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1864|09|24|1785|09|14}}
| death_place = Cortland, New York, USA
| resting_place = Cortland Rural Cemetery
| citizenship =
| nationality =
| party = Jacksonian
}}
Joseph Reynolds (September 14, 1785 – September 24, 1864) was an American farmer from New York who served as a brigadier general of state militia troops during the War of 1812, as a judge, and as a U.S. Representative from New York for one term from 1835 to 1837.
Biography
Born in Easton in Washington County, New York, Reynolds completed academic studies. He moved to Virgil, New York, in 1809, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
= Early career =
He organized a company of riflemen for service in the War of 1812, and served as a major, colonel, and brigadier general in the State troops.
He was a Justice of the Peace 1815–1837, and was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1819.
He served as judge of Cortland County 1821–1839, and as supervisor of the town of Cortlandville 1825–1835.
= Congress =
Reynolds was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837).
= Later career and death =
He was elected the first president of the village of Cortland, New York in 1864. He died in Cortland on September 24, 1864, and was interred in the Cortland Rural Cemetery.
Sources
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External links
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- {{Find a Grave|7783219}}
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Category:Members of the New York State Assembly
Category:New York (state) state court judges
Category:United States Army generals
Category:Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature