James Lent
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James Lent was a U.S. Representative
from New York
.
Born in Newtown, Long Island (now a part of the Borough of Queens), New York, Lent engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City.
He served as judge of Queens County and served from February 5, 1823, to March 4, 1829.
Lent was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first
and Twenty-second
Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, until his death in Washington, D.C.
, February 22, 1833.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Twenty-second Congress).
He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery.
He was reinterred in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Newtown, Long Island, New York.
United States House of Representatives
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from New York
New York
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Born in Newtown, Long Island (now a part of the Borough of Queens), New York, Lent engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City.
He served as judge of Queens County and served from February 5, 1823, to March 4, 1829.
Lent was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first
21st United States Congress
-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
and Twenty-second
22nd United States Congress
-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President:** John C. Calhoun , resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore:** Samuel Smith , first elected December 5, 1831** Littleton W...
Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, until his death in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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, February 22, 1833.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Twenty-second Congress).
He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery.
He was reinterred in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Newtown, Long Island, New York.