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Moses G. Leonard

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Moses G. Leonard
Member of the San Francisco City Council
In office
1850
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Preceded byRichard D. Davis
Succeeded byThomas M. Woodruff
Personal details
Born
Moses Gage Leonard

(1809-07-10)July 10, 1809
Stafford, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedMarch 20, 1899(1899-03-20) (aged 89)
New York City, U.S.
Resting placeOak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionPolitician
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
RankProvost marshal
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Moses Gage Leonard (July 10, 1809 – March 20, 1899) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1843 to 1845.

Biography

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Born in Stafford, Connecticut, Leonard grew up in Union and attended the public schools. He moved to New York City. City alderman and judge of the city court from 1840 to 1842.

Congress

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Leonard was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress. Almshouse commissioner in 1846.

Later career and death

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He served as proprietor and director of ice companies. He served as commissioner of immigration at the port of New York.

He moved to San Francisco, California. He served as a member of the city council of San Francisco in 1850. He returned to New York and served as provost marshal in the Tenth Congressional District of New York during the Civil War.

He died in Brooklyn, New York, on March 20, 1899. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Nyack, New York.

References

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  • United States Congress. "Moses G. Leonard (id: L000248)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 5th congressional district

1843–1845
Succeeded by