About Richard McCarty
Lived 1780 – 1844 (aged 64). Richard McCarty was an American politician.
Richard McCarty (February 19, 1780 – May 18, 1844) was an American politician from New York.
Life He was the son of Gen. David McCarty (1737–1812; assemblyman in 1792) and Charlotte (Coeymans) McCarty (1746–1828). He was born in that part of Watervliet, New York which was separated in 1791 as the Town of Coeymans. There he attended the common schools.
He was County Clerk of Greene County from 1811 to 1813, and from 1821 to 1822.
McCarty was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 17th United States Congress, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823. He was President of the Lafayette Bank in New York City and was one of the committee appointed to receive General Lafayette when he visited the United States in 1824 and 1825.
McCarty died in New York City and was buried at the Adams Cemetery in Coxsackie.
State Senator John McCarty (1782–1851) was his brother.
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American politician (1780-1844)
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Richard McCarty was born on 19 February 1780 in Coeymans.
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Richard McCarty died on 18 May 1844 in New York City.
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Richard McCarty was a politician.
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