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John Mattocks

American judge

Summary

American judge

Field	Value
name	John Mattocks
image	John_Mattocks.jpg
order	16th
office	Governor of Vermont
term_start	October 13, 1843
term_end	October 11, 1844
lieutenant	Horace Eaton
predecessor	Charles Paine
successor	William Slade
office2	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Vermont's 5th district
term_start2	March 4, 1841
term_end2	March 3, 1843
predecessor2	Isaac Fletcher
successor2	District eliminated
office3	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Vermont's 5th district
term_start3	March 4, 1825
term_end3	March 3, 1827
predecessor3	Samuel C. Crafts
successor3	Daniel Azro Ashley Buck
office4	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Vermont's 6th district
term_start4	March 4, 1821
term_end4	March 3, 1823
predecessor4	None
successor4	None
office5	Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
term5	1807
1815–1816
1823–1824
birth_date
birth_place	Hartford, Connecticut
death_date
death_place	Peacham, Vermont
spouse	Esther Newell
profession	Lawyer
Judge
Politician
party	Whig
signature	Signature of John Mattocks (1777–1847).png

from Vermont's 5th district from Vermont's 5th district from Vermont's 6th district 1815–1816 1823–1824 Judge Politician John Mattocks (March 4, 1777 – August 14, 1847) was an American Whig politician, a brigadier general in the War of 1812, a U.S. representative, and 16th governor of Vermont.

Biography

Mattocks was born in Hartford, Connecticut on March 4, 1777, and moved with his parents to Tinmouth, Vermont in 1778. His father, Samuel Mattocks, was a veteran of the American Revolution and served as Vermont State Treasurer from 1784 to 1800. John Mattocks pursued an academic course, studied law in Middlebury, Vermont and Fairfield, Connecticut, and was admitted to the bar in 1797. He married Esther Newell and they had five children; three sons, George, John, and William; and two daughters named Esther who died in their first years.

Career

Mattocks commenced practice in Danville; moved to Peacham, Vermont. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1807, 1815, 1816, 1823, and 1824. During the War of 1812, he served as a brigadier general of militia.

Mattocks was elected to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823). He was elected to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827); and served as chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Nineteenth Congress). He was a judge of the Vermont Supreme Court in 1833 and 1834, and declined to be a candidate for renomination. Mattocks was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1836 He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843).

In 1843, the major candidates for Governor of Vermont were Mattocks (Whig), Daniel Kellogg (Democrat), and Charles K. Williams (Liberty). In the general election, they received 24,465 votes (48.7%), 21,982 (43.8%), and 3,766 (7.5%). Because no candidate had the majority required by the Vermont Constitution, the Vermont General Assembly made the selection, and chose Mattocks. During his term, his son, George, committed suicide and, grief-stricken, Mattocks declined to run for another term.

Death and legacy

Mattocks died in Peacham, Vermont, August 14, 1847; is interred at Peacham Village Cemetery, Caledonia County, Vermont. His house, built in 1805 and purchased in 1807, stands in the center of town and is a local landmark. His son John was a minister, and his son, William became a lawyer and served as Caledonia County's state's attorney.

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