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Timothy Childs Jr. (January 1, 1790 – November 25, 1847) was a
Historic Memorials of the Stewarts of Forthergill, Perthshire, and their Male Descendants
1879, page 148
Timothy Childs, Jr.
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Timothy Childs Jr. (January 1, 1790 – November 25, 1847) was a U.S. Representative
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from New York
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for eight non-consecutive terms in Congress between 1829 and 1843.
Early life
Childs was born inPittsfield, Massachusetts
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on January 1, 1790. He was the son of Rachel (née
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Easton) Childs (1760–1852) and Timothy Childs (1748–1821), a Revolutionary War officer who studied at Harvard
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, became a physician and served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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.
He graduated from Williams College
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in 1811 and Litchfield Law School
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in 1814. He completed his studies at the Albany firm of Harmanus Bleecker
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, afterwards practicing law in New York
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, first in Canandaigua
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, and then in Rochester
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Career
Originally aFederalist
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, while residing in Canandaigua, Childs served in offices including Ontario County Commissioner and the judicial position of Master in Chancery.
He served as Monroe County, New York
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from 1821 to 1831, the first to hold this position. He served as a member of the New York State Assembly
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in 1828, and in the late 1820s he also served as Monroe County Judge.
Childs was elected as an Anti-Mason to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). After his term expired he returned to practicing law in Rochester.
In 1833, he was elected again to the New York State Assembly.
In 1834, he was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian
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to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He was reelected as a Whig in 1836, and served from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1839. During his 1837 to 1839 term Childs was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department.
Childs was elected to Congress again as a Whig in 1840 and served one term, March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843. He resumed practicing law following the completion of his final term in Congress.
Death and burial
In the late 1840s, Childs traveled toSaint Croix
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, where he went in an effort to improve his health. He died aboard the ship ''Emily'' on November 25, 1847 while en route from Saint Croix to the United States. Childs was buried in Pittsfield Cemetery in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Personal life
In 1817, he married Catherine Adams. In December 1830 he married Louisa Stewart (née
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Shepherd) Dickinson of North Carolina
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in a ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia
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. Louisa was the widow of Joel Dickinson.Charles Poytnz StewartHistoric Memorials of the Stewarts of Forthergill, Perthshire, and their Male Descendants
1879, page 148
References
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