Asa Fitch (politician)

Asa Fitch (November 10, 1765 – August 24, 1843) was a U.S. representative from New York from 1811 to 1813.

Asa Fitch
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813
Preceded byHerman Knickerbocker
Succeeded byJonathan Fisk
Personal details
Born(1765-11-10)November 10, 1765
Groton, Connecticut Colony, British America
DiedAugust 24, 1843(1843-08-24) (aged 77)
Salem, New York, U.S.

He was born in Groton in the Connecticut Colony. He studied medicine and became a physician practicing in Duanesburg and Salem, New York.

During the Revolutionary War he served as a sergeant in Captain Livingston's company. He was a justice of the peace from 1799 to 1810, was President of the Washington County Medical Society from 1806 to 1826, and was a County judge from 1810 to 1821.

He was elected as a Federalist to the Twelfth United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811, to March 3, 1813. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1812 and resumed the practice of medicine.

He died in Salem, New York, on August 24, 1843, and is interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

References

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  • United States Congress. "Asa Fitch (id: F000156)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 6th congressional district

1811–1813
with Robert Le Roy Livingston and Thomas P. Grosvenor
Succeeded by