Asa Fitch (politician)

Asa Fitch (November 10, 1765 – August 24, 1843) was a U.S. representative from New York from 1811 to 1813.

Asa Fitch
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd district
Preceded by	Herman Knickerbocker Robert Le Roy Livingston
Succeeded by	Jonathan Fisk
Personal details
Born	Groton, Connecticut

He was born in Groton, Connecticut. He studied medicine and became a physician practicing in Duanesburg and Salem, New York.

During the Revolutionary War he served as a sergeant in Captain Livingston's company. He was a justice of the peace from 1799 to 1810, was President of the Washington County Medical Society from 1806 to 1826, and was a County judge from 1810 to 1821.

He was elected as a Federalist to the Twelfth United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811, to March 3, 1813. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1812 and resumed the practice of medicine.

He died in Salem, New York on August 24, 1843 and is interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Asa Fitch (id: F000156)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Herman Knickerbocker, Robert Le Roy Livingston	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 6th congressional district 1811–1813 with Robert Le Roy Livingston and Thomas P. Grosvenor	Succeeded by Jonathan Fisk