James T. Pratt

James T. Pratt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by	Charles Chapman
Succeeded by	Ezra Clark Jr.
President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate
In office 1852
Preceded by	Henry E. Peck
Succeeded by	Daniel B. Warner
Member of the Connecticut Senate
In office 1852
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office 1870–1871 1862 1857 1850 1847–1848
Connecticut Adjutant General
In office 1846–1847
Preceded by	Charles T. Hillyer
Succeeded by	George P. Shelton
Personal details
Born	December 14, 1802 Cromwell, Connecticut
Died	April 11, 1887(1887-04-11) (aged 84) Wethersfield, Connecticut
Resting place	Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut

James Timothy Pratt (December 14, 1802 – April 11, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

Born in Cromwell, Connecticut, Pratt attended the common schools.^[1] He engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits in Hartford, Connecticut.

Enlisted in the "Horse Guard" in 1820. He served as mayor 1826–29. Pratt was elected major of the First Regiment of Cavalry in 1834. He served as colonel in 1836, brigadier general 1837–39 and a major general 1839–46.

Pratt then served as adjutant general in 1846, retiring from mercantile pursuits and settled in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.

He served as member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1847, 1848, and 1850. The a member of the Connecticut Senate in 1852. He served as President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate.

He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1857 and 1862.

Pratt was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress. Pratt was an unsuccessful candidate for election as governor in 1858 and 1859.

Pratt served as member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war.

During the American Civil War, Pratt was a War Democrat.^[2]

Pratt was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1870 and 1871.

He engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Pratt died in Wethersfield, Connecticut, April 11, 1887, and was interred in Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut.

References

1. "PRATT, James Timothy". congress.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
2. Burr, Nelson R. (1981). "United States Senator James Dixon: 1814-1873 Episcopalian Anti-Slavery Statesman". Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 50 (1): 29–72. ISSN 0018-2486. JSTOR 42973817. Retrieved 13 October 2022.

External links

• United States Congress. "James T. Pratt (id: P000502)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Samuel Ingham	Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut 1858, 1859	Succeeded by Thomas H. Seymour
Military offices
Preceded by Charles T. Hillyer	Connecticut Adjutant General 1846–1947	Succeeded by George P. Shelton
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles Chapman	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st congressional district March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Succeeded by Ezra Clark Jr.