Howland Fish (December 1786 – June 21, 1862) was an American legislator and lawyer. He was born in

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. He graduated from

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in 1809. He studied law with the late Philip Parker of

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, and pursued the profession with success in Johnstown,

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, and Fultonville. He represented

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, three times in the

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, was an active member of the Constitutional Convention of 1820, and in later years held the office of

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. He died at

Fultonville, New York Fultonville is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The village is named after Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 742. Fultonville is on the south bank of the Mo ...

, aged 75.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fish, Howland 1786 births 1862 deaths Politicians from Dutchess County, New York Yale College alumni New York (state) lawyers Members of the New York State Assembly 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature