John Herkimer was an American

United States

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 lawyer and politician from New York

New York

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Life

Herkimer was the son of George Herkimer (brother of Gen. Nicholas Herkimer

Nicholas Herkimer

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).

He was a member from Montgomery County

Montgomery County, New York

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 of the New York State Assembly

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 in 1800, 1804 and 1806. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1801.

During the War of 1812

War of 1812

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, he served in the State Militia as a Major, leading a battalion in the defense of Sackets Harbor, New York

Sackets Harbor, New York

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In 1817, the Town of Danube (in which area Herkimer's home was located) was created from a part of the Town of Minden

Minden, New York

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, and the area transferred from Montgomery to Herkimer County. Afterwards Herkimer was an associate judge of the Herkimer County Court for some years.

Herkimer was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 15th

15th United States Congress

-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Daniel D. Tompkins * President pro tempore:** John Gaillard , elected March 4, 1817** James Barbour , elected February 15, 1819- House of Representatives :*Speaker: Henry Clay -Members:...

 and the 18th United States Congress

18th United States Congress

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es, holding office from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819; and from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825.

He was buried at the General Herkimer Cemetery in Danube.

External links

• A History of Herkimer County by Nathaniel S. Benton
  Nathaniel S. Benton
  Nathaniel Seley Benton was a New York politician who served as a New York State Senator and Secretary of State of New York....
  
   (Herkimer family: pages 149ff; John Herkimer: pages 170)
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 173, 177, 179, 280; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)