LC control no. | no2001086526 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Sutherland, J. (Josiah), 1804-1887 |
Variant(s) | Sutherland, Josiah, 1804-1887 |
Birth date | 1804-06-12 |
Death date | 1887-05-25 |
Place of birth | Stanford (N.Y.) |
Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
Affiliation | Union College United States. Congress. House |
Profession or occupation | Legislator Judge Lawyer |
Found in | Speech of Hon. J. Sutherland, of New York, against the Homestead bill, 1852 OCLC, Oct. 25, 2001 (hdg.: Sutherland, Josiah, 1804-1867; usage: J. Sutherland) Biog. dict. of the Am. Cong., 1997: (Josiah Sutherland, Rep. from N.Y., 1851-1853; b. June 12, 1804; d. May 25, 1887) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online July 11, 2017 (SUTHERLAND, Josiah, a Representative from New York; born in the township of Stanford, near the village of Stissing, Dutchess County, N.Y., June 12, 1804; attended the district school, and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1824; studied law in Waterford and Hudson; was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in the village of Johnstown, Livingston Township, N.Y.; district attorney for Columbia County 1832-1843; moved to Hudson, N.Y., in 1838 and continued the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); was not a candidate for renomination; moved to New York City in 1857 and continued the practice of law; associate justice of the supreme court of New York 1857-1871; member and presiding judge of the court of general sessions 1872-1878; resumed the practice of law in New York City and died there May 25, 1887; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery) |