Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Perkins, Bishop

Perkins, Bishop, a Representative from New York; born in Becket, Berkshire County, Mass., September 5, 1787; attended private school at East Granville, Mass., and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1807; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1812 and commenced practice in Lisbon, N.Y.; subsequently moved to Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., and continued the practice of law; clerk of the board of supervisors of St. Lawrence County 1820-1852; appointed district attorney of St. Lawrence County February 24, 1821, and served until May 21, 1840; member of the State constitutional convention in 1846; member of the State assembly in 1846, 1847, and again in 1849; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); was not a candidate for renomination in 1854; returned to Ogdensburg, N.Y., and continued the practice of his profession until his death there November 20, 1866; interment in Ogdensburg Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Perkins, Bishop," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1669 Original Sources, accessed March 30, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KSRQXZKHG4YLN9S.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Perkins, Bishop." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1669, Original Sources. 30 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KSRQXZKHG4YLN9S.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Perkins, Bishop' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1669. Original Sources, retrieved 30 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KSRQXZKHG4YLN9S.