Job Durfee (September 20, 1790 – July 26, 1847) was a politician and jurist from Rhode Island. Born at Tiverton, he graduated from Brown University in 1813 and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiverton. He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1816 to 1820, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and was reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1825. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress and for election in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; he was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1826 to 1829, serving as speaker from 1827 to 1829. He declined to be a candidate for reelection and resumed the practice of law; in May 1833 he was elected associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.[1] He was chief justice from June 1835 until his death in Tiverton in 1847.[1] As chief justice, he presided over the trial of the last person executed in Rhode Island, John Gordon. Durfee's interment was in the family burying ground at Quaker Neck, near Tiverton.
Durfee was the author of What Cheer, a poem in nine cantos; of an oration, The Influences of Scientific Discovery and Invention on Social and Political Progress, or Roger Williams in Exile (1843), under the pseudonym "Theaptes;" and of a philosophical work, entitled The Panidea (1846).
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^ abManual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1891), p. 208-13.
durfee, september, 1790, july, 1847, politician, jurist, from, rhode, island, born, tiverton, graduated, from, brown, university, 1813, admitted, commenced, practice, tiverton, member, rhode, island, house, representatives, from, 1816, 1820, elected, democrati. Job Durfee September 20 1790 July 26 1847 was a politician and jurist from Rhode Island Born at Tiverton he graduated from Brown University in 1813 and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiverton He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1816 to 1820 and was elected as a Democratic Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and was reelected as an Adams Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress serving from March 4 1821 to March 3 1825 He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824 to the Nineteenth Congress and for election in 1828 to the Twenty first Congress he was again a member of the State house of representatives from 1826 to 1829 serving as speaker from 1827 to 1829 He declined to be a candidate for reelection and resumed the practice of law in May 1833 he was elected associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court 1 He was chief justice from June 1835 until his death in Tiverton in 1847 1 As chief justice he presided over the trial of the last person executed in Rhode Island John Gordon Durfee s interment was in the family burying ground at Quaker Neck near Tiverton Job DurfeeMember of the U S House of Representatives from Rhode Island s At large districtIn office March 4 1821 March 3 1825Preceded byNathaniel HazardSucceeded byDutee Jerauld Pearce36th Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme CourtIn office March 4 1835 March 3 1847Preceded bySamuel EddySucceeded byRichard W GreenPersonal detailsBornSeptember 20 1790Tiverton Rhode IslandDiedJuly 26 1847 aged 57 Tiverton Rhode IslandPolitical partyDemocratic Republican Adams Clay RepublicanAlma materBrown University 1813OccupationLawyer congressman chief justiceDurfee was the author of What Cheer a poem in nine cantos of an oration The Influences of Scientific Discovery and Invention on Social and Political Progress or Roger Williams in Exile 1843 under the pseudonym Theaptes and of a philosophical work entitled The Panidea 1846 References edit a b Manual the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1891 p 208 13 nbsp Rhode Island portalComplete Works of Job Durfee with a Memoir of his Life Providence 1849 edited by his son Gibson Discourse on the Character and Writings of Chief Justice Durfee Providence 1848 United States Congress Job Durfee id D000568 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Gilman D C Peck H T Colby F M eds 1905 Job Durfee New International Encyclopedia 1st ed New York Dodd Mead U S House of RepresentativesPreceded byNathaniel Hazard Member of the U S House of Representatives from Rhode Island s at large congressional district1821 1825 Succeeded byDutee J Pearce Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Job Durfee amp oldid 1191018113, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
