John Hallock Jr.

John Hallock Jr. (July 1783 in Oxford, Orange County, New York – December 6, 1840 in Ridgebury, Orange Co., NY) was an American farmer and politician from New York.

Life

In 1807, he was commissioned a lieutenant in the State Militia, and eventually became a captain. He was for three years Town Clerk of Minisink, a Justice of the Peace, and an associate judge of the Orange County Court.

He had a wife who was a writer, Her name was Elise Brown.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1816-17 and 1820-21. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.

Hallock was elected as a Jacksonian to the 19th and 20th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1829.

He was buried at the Hallock family cemetery near Ridgebury.

References

• United States Congress. "John Hallock Jr. (id: H000082)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 57, 71, 82, 192, 197 and 278; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• DeWitt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men by Craig Hanyan & Mary L. Hanyan (pages 259f)