About Jacob Crocheron
Lived 1774 – 1849 (aged 75). Jacob Crocheron was an American politician.
Jacob Crocheron (August 23, 1774 – December 27, 1849) was an American farmer and law enforcement officer who served one term as a U.S. representative from New York, United States from 1829 to 1831.
He was the brother of Henry Crocheron.
Biography Born on Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, Crocheron engaged in agricultural pursuits. Sheriff of Richmond County in 1802, 1811, and again in 1821.
Crocheron was a presidential elector in the 1836 presidential election.
Congress Crocheron was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831).
Death He died in Richmond County, Staten Island, on December 27, 1849. He was interred in St. Andrew's Churchyard, Staten Island, New York.
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American politician (1774-1849)
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Jacob Crocheron was born on 23 August 1774 in Staten Island.
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