Hector Craig (1775January 31, 1842) was an American manufacturer and politician from

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. He served two non-consecutive terms in the

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from 1823 to 1825, and from 1829 to 1830.

Life

Born in Paisley,

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in the

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, he was the son of James Craig. Craig came to the

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in 1790 and settled with his family in Orange County, NY. James Craig founded the hamlet of Craigville in the Town of Blooming Grove, and built a paper mill. Hector Craig later built a grist mill and a saw mill. In 1797, he married Sarah Chandler, and their daughter was Sarah Agnes Craig who married in 1828 William F. Havemeyer, later three times Mayor of New York City.

Congress

Hector Craig was elected as a Jacksonian

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to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825. He was elected again as a Jacksonian to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1829, to July 12, 1830, when he resigned.

Later career and death

On March 22, 1831, he was appointed by Secretary of the Treasury

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as one of three Commissioners of Insolvency for the Southern District of New YorkThe other commissioners were

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and Charles G. DeWitt. He was Surveyor of the Port of New York from 1833 to 1839, appointed by President

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. He was buried at a private cemetery on the Caldwell estate in Blooming Grove.

Notes

References

''An Outline History of Orange County''
by Samuel Watkins Eager (page 546)
''The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year of 1833''
(page 102)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Craig, Hector 1775 births 1842 deaths People from Blooming Grove, New York Politicians from Paisley, Renfrewshire Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American legislators Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)