Jonas Earll Jr. (1786 – October 28, 1846, in

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) was an American politician. He was a

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from

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from 1827 to 1831.

Life

He was the son of Jonas Earll and Experience (Sprague) Earll.
Transcript of inscriptions from Mottville Cemetery,

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, at RootsWeb He was probably born at

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Early political career

Earll Jr. was Sheriff of Onondaga County from 1815 to 1819. He was a member of the

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(Onondaga Co.) in

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and 1820-21. He was a member of the

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(7th D.) from 1823 to 1826.

Congress

Earll Jr. was elected as a Jacksonian to the 20th and

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es, holding office from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1831. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (21st Congress).

State legislature

In May 1831, Earll Jr. was appointed by Governor

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as a

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, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Seymour. In January 1832 was elected by the

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to succeed himself. He remained in office until February 1840 when the new Whig majority removed all Democratic commissioners.

Later career and death

He was Postmaster of Syracuse, New York, from June 26, 1840, to March 10, 1842. In February 1842, the State Legislature removed the Whig commissioners, and Earll Jr. was again elected one of the canal commissioners. In November 1844, he was one of the first canal commissioners elected by general ballot. He drew a two-year term and died in office on October 28, 1846. He was buried at the Walnut Grove Cemetery in

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Family

Congressman Nehemiah H. Earll was his cousin.

Notes

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 42, 140, 196, 272 and 403; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) {{DEFAULTSORT:Earll, Jonas Jr. 1786 births 1846 deaths Politicians from Syracuse, New York Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) state senators Erie Canal Commissioners Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Whitehall, New York 19th-century American legislators