John Lefferts Explained

John Lefferts
State:New York
Term Start:March 4, 1813
Term End:March 3, 1815
Predecessor:Ebenezer Sage
Successor:Henry Crocheron
Birth Date:17 December 1785
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Death Place:Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Party:Democratic-Republican

John Lefferts (December 17, 1785 – September 18, 1829) was a member of the Thirteenth United States Congress as a Democratic-Republican Representative from New York. He was also a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821 and a member of the New York State Senate from 1820 to 1825. He died in Brooklyn, New York and was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.