John Mattocks
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Biography
Mattocks was born in Hartford, Connecticut on March 4, 1777, and moved with his parents to Tinmouth, Vermont in 1778.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". His father, Samuel Mattocks, was a veteran of the American Revolution and served as Vermont State Treasurer from 1784 to 1800.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". John Mattocks pursued an academic course, studied law in Middlebury, Vermont and Fairfield, Connecticut, and was admitted to the bar in 1797.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1807, 1815, 1816, 1823, and 1824.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". During the War of 1812, he served as a brigadier general of militia.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Mattocks was elected to the Seventeenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was a judge of the Vermont Supreme Court in 1833 and 1834, and declined to be a candidate for renomination.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mattocks was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1836Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
In 1843, the major candidates for Governor of Vermont were Mattocks (Whig), Daniel Kellogg (Democrat), and Charles K. Williams (Liberty).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In the general election, they received 24,465 votes (48.7%), 21,982 (43.8%), and 3,766 (7.5%).Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Because no candidate had the majority required by the Vermont Constitution, the Vermont General Assembly made the selection, and chose Mattocks.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". During his term, his son, George, committed suicide and, grief-stricken, Mattocks declined to run for another term.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Death and legacy
Mattocks died in Peacham, Vermont, August 14, 1847;Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". is interred at Peacham Village Cemetery, Caledonia County, Vermont.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". His house, built in 1805 and purchased in 1807, stands in the center of town and is a local landmark.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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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