John Hathorn
Facial composite by C. Brower Darst (1907)
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 4th District
In office March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791
Preceded by	Nobody(District Created)
Succeeded by	Cornelius C. Schoonmaker
In office March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Preceded by	Peter Van Gaasbeck
Succeeded by	Lucas Elmendorf
Member of theNew York State Assembly
In office 1795 1805
Personal details
Born	(1749-01-09)January 9, 1749 Wilmington,Delaware Colony,British America
Died	February 19, 1825(1825-02-19) (aged 76) Warwick,New York,U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican Anti-Administration

John Hathorn (January 9, 1749 – February 19, 1825) was an American politician andContinental Army officer fromNew York.

He completed preparatory studies and became asurveyor and a school teacher. He moved toWarwick in theProvince of New York, then a part of the precinct of Goshen and married Elizabeth Welling. He owned slaves.^[1] He was a captain in the local colonialmilitia, and became a colonel of the FourthOrange County Regiment February 7, 1776, and served throughout theRevolutionary War. He served on the committee appointed to determine an effective location for theHudson River Chain which prevented the British from advancing upriver, and he wrote the report thereafter. He was one of the commanders of theBattle of Minisink. After the war, on September 26, 1786, Hathorn became a brigadier general of the Orange County militia, and on October 8, 1793, a major general of the state militia.

Hathorn was a member from Orange County of theNew York State Assembly in 1778, 1780, from 1782 to 1785, in 1795 and 1805, and served asSpeaker in 1784.

He was a member of theNew York State Senate from 1786 to 1790 and from 1799 to 1803, and was a member of theCouncil of Appointment in 1787 and 1789. He was elected to theConfederation Congress in December 1788 but did not attend because it soon become defunct. InMarch 1789, he was elected to theFirst United States Congress, and served from April 23, 1789, to March 3, 1791. He was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to theFourth United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1797. He also ran for the U.S. House in 1793, 1800, and 1802.^[2][3][4]

Hathorn engaged in mercantile pursuits until the time of his death.

He was buried in Warwick Cemetery. His stone house still stands on Hathorn Road, with his and his wife's initials worked in red brick on the south gable of the house.

In World War II, the United Statesliberty shipSSJohn Hathorn was named in his honor.

• John Hathorn's Revolutionary Legacy Information Page
• United States Congress."John Hathorn (id: H000348)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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