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Timothy Pitkin | |
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| Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives | |
| Member of theConnecticut House of Representatives | |
| In office 1803–1805 | |
| Preceded by | John Chester |
| Succeeded by | Lyman Law |
| Member of theConnecticut House of Representatives | |
| In office 1790 1792 1794–1805 1819–1830 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut'sat-large district | |
| In office September 16, 1805 – March 3, 1819 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1766 |
| Died | 18 December 1847 (Aged 81) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Party | Federalist Party |
| Education | Yale University |
Timothy Pitkin (January 21, 1766 inFarmington, Connecticut – December 18, 1847 inNew Haven, Connecticut) was an American lawyer, politician, and historian.
He graduated fromYale in 1785, taught in the academy atPlainfield, Connecticut, for a year, studied law, and was admitted to thebar in 1788. He served in theState Legislature ofConnecticut in 1790, 1792, and 1794‑1805, serving as Clerk of the House 1800‑1802 and as Speaker 1803‑1805. He was elected as aFederalist to theUnited StatesCongress in the Ninth Congress to fill in part the vacancies caused by the resignations ofCalvin Goddard andRoger Griswold; and was re-elected to the Tenth and to the five succeeding Congresses, thus serving from September 16, 1805, to March 3, 1819.
Pitkin was elected a member of theAmerican Antiquarian Society in 1815.[1]
He was not a candidate for renomination to the federal Congress in 1818, but was a delegate to the convention which framed the new state constitution in that year. Resuming his private law practice, he also returned to serve as a member of the Connecticut state House of Representatives from 1819 to 1830. His writing on and gathering of statistical materials are the accomplishments which accord him a special place in the history of theUnited States. Written with great care,A Statistical View of the Commerce of the United States of America (1816)[2] andPolitical and Civil History of the United States from 1763 to the Close of Washington's Administration (2 volumes, 1828)[3] are valuable reference works for students of American history. He is buried in New Haven, in Grove Street Cemetery.
He was the maternal uncle ofRoger Sherman Baldwin's wifeEmily Pitkin Perkins.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Pitkin, Timothy".New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.It also incorporates text from theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress, also in the public domain.
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| Preceded by | Federalist nominee forGovernor of Connecticut 1818,1819 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Nathan Smith | Federalist nominee forGovernor of Connecticut 1822,1823 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Zephaniah Swift | Federalist nominee forGovernor of Connecticut 1824 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromConnecticut's at-large congressional district 1805–1819 | Succeeded by |
