Joseph Egbert (April 10, 1807 – July 7, 1888) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as a

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from New York from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Born near Bull Head,

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, Egbert attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Congress

Egbert was elected as a

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to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

Later career and death

He resumed agricultural pursuits. Supervisor of Southfield, Richmond County, in 1855 and 1856. County clerk of Richmond County in 1869. He died at his home near New Dorp, New York, July 7, 1888. He was interred in the

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, New Dorp,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Egbert, Joseph 1807 births 1888 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American politicians Burials at Moravian Cemetery People from New Dorp, Staten Island