Fisk, James, 1763-1844

LC control no.	nr 95006227
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Fisk, James, 1763-1844 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1763-10-04
Death date	1844-11-17
Place of birth	Greenwich (Mass. : Town)
Place of death	Swanton (Vt.)
Affiliation	Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828) Massachusetts. General Court Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupation	Legislators Lawyers Judges Clergy
Found in	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Claims. James Fisk, 1830. DAB (Fisk, James; lawyer; politician; representative to U.S. Congressfrom Vt.; member of supreme court of Vermont, 1815; federal collector of revenues for the district of Vermont, 1818-26; b. 10/4/1763 at Greenwich, Mass.; d. 11/17/1844 at Swanton, Vt.) Hemenway, A.M. Vermont hist. gazeteer, v. 4, 1882: p. 1049 (James Fisk; Universalist minister; member of Congress; b. 10/4/1763; d. 11/17/1844) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, October, 5, 2016 (Fisk, James, a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Greenwich, Hampshire County, Mass., October 4, 1763; self-educated; served in the Revolutionary War 1779-1782; member, Massachusetts general assembly 1785; entered the Universalist ministry and preached occasionally; moved to Barre, Vt., in 1798; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Barre; member, Vermont house of representatives 1800-1805, 1809-1810, 1815; judge of the Orange County Court 1802-1809, 1816; selected as the member from Orange County to locate the capital in 1803; chairman of the committee that endeavored to get a settlement of the northern boundary with Canada in 1804; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses (March 4, 1805-March 3, 1809); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eleventh Congress; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses (March 4, 1811-March 3, 1815); chairman, Committee on Elections (Thirteenth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fourteenth Congress; appointed United States judge for the Territory of Indiana in 1812, but declined; judge of the supreme court of Vermont 1815-1816; elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dudley Chase and served from November 4, 1817, to January 8, 1818, when he resigned; collector of customs for the district of Vermont 1818-1826; moved to Swanton, Vt., in 1819, and died there November 17, 1844; interment in Church Street Cemetery.)
Associated language	eng