Jacob Crocheron (August 23, 1774 – December 27, 1849) was an American farmer and law enforcement officer who served one term as a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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United States
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from 1829 to 1831.
He was the brother of
Henry Crocheron.
Biography
Born on Staten Island,
Richmond County, New York
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, Crocheron engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Sheriff of Richmond County in 1802, 1811, and again in 1821.
Crocheron was a
presidential elector
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in the
1836 presidential election.
Congress
Crocheron was elected as a Jacksonian to the
Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831).
Death
He died in Richmond County, Staten Island, on December 27, 1849.
He was interred in
St. Andrew's Churchyard,
Staten Island, New York
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.
References
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1774 births
1849 deaths
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
1836 United States presidential electors
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives