John Herkimer (1773

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– June 8, 1848

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) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

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

Nicholas Herkimer Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer (also known as Nikolaus Herchheimer; – August 16, 1777) was an American military officer who fought during the Revolutionary War. He died of wounds after the Battle of Oriskany. Early life and career Herki ...

and

Johan Jost Herkimer Johan Jost Herkimer (Herchmer or Hercheimer c. 1732 – August 1795 ) was a United Empire Loyalist, Loyalist born in 1732, the second of five sons of Johan Jost Herkimer and Anna Catherine Petri of German Flatts, New York, German Flatts, Province of ...

). He was a member from Montgomery County of the

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in 1800, 1804 and 1806. He was a delegate to the

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of 1801. During the

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, he served in the State Militia as a Major, leading a battalion in the defense of

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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

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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

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to the

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and the

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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 (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) {{DEFAULTSORT:Herkimer, John 1773 births 1848 deaths New York (state) state court judges People from Herkimer County, New York Members of the New York State Assembly People from Montgomery County, New York American people of German descent Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from New York (state) in the War of 1812