Tredwell Scudder Explained

Tredwell Scudder
State:New York
Term Start:March 4, 1817
Term End:March 3, 1819
Predecessor:Henry Crocheron
Successor:Silas Wood
Birth Date:1 January 1778
Birth Place:Islip, New York
Death Place:Islip, New York
Party:Democratic-Republican

Tredwell Scudder (January 1, 1778 – October 31, 1834) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Career

Town supervisor of Islip in 1795, 1796, and 1804–1815. He served as member of the State assembly in 1802, 1810, 1811, 1814, and 1815. Scudder was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1818. He resumed agricultural pursuits. He again served in the State assembly in 1822 and 1828. Her returned as town supervisor of Islip from 1824 to 1833. He died in Islip, New York, October 31, 1834. He was interred in that village.