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American politician
Henry Randolph Storrs
(September 3, 1787 – July 29, 1837) was a
U.S. Representative
from
New York
, brother of
William Lucius Storrs
.
Born in
Middletown, Connecticut
, Storrs was graduated from
Yale College
in 1804.
He studied law.
He was
admitted to the bar
in 1807 and commenced practice in
Champion, New York
.
Later practiced in
Whitesboro
and
Utica, New York
.
Storrs was elected as a
Federalist
to the
Fifteenth
and
Sixteenth
Congresses (March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1821).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1820.
Storrs was elected as an Adams-Clay Federalist to the
Eighteenth
Congress, re-elected as an Adams candidate to the
Nineteenth
and
Twentieth
Congresses and elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the
Twenty-first
Congress (March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1831).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Nineteenth Congress).
He was one of the
impeachment managers
appointed by the House of Representatives in 1830 to conduct the
impeachment
proceedings against
James H. Peck
, United States judge for the district of Missouri.
While
Andrew Jackson
attempted to break treaties with Indians in 1830, Storrs condemned Jackson's actions as a dangerous course, explaining "If the friends of State rights propose to sanction the violation of these Indian treaties, they must bear him out to the full extent of this thoughtless usurpation."
[
citation needed
]
Storrs adamantly pointed out how republicans could act like monarchies and oppress others, and that America would be confirming this truth by its own example.
Presiding judge of the court of common pleas of Oneida County 1825–1829.
He moved to New York City and practiced law.
He died in
New Haven, Connecticut
, July 29, 1837 and was interred in
Grove Street Cemetery
.
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Military Affairs Committee
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Naval Affairs Committee
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Armed Services Committee*
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Alternately named
National Security
in 104th and 105th Congresses.
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