# Bishop Perkins

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{about|the U.S. Representative from New York|the U.S. Senator from Kansas|Bishop W. Perkins}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = File:Bishop Perkins Daguerreotype.jpg
| district            = 17th
| state               = New York
| term_start          = March 4, 1853
| term_end            = March 3, 1855
| party               = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| birth_name          = [Becket](/source/Becket%2C_Massachusetts), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts)
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1787|09|05}}
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1866|11|20|1787|09|05}}
| death_place         = [Ogdensburg](/source/Ogdensburg%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state))
| alma_mater          = [Williams College](/source/Williams_College)
| occupation          = Lawyer
}}
'''Bishop Perkins''' (September 5, 1787 in [Becket, Massachusetts](/source/Becket%2C_Massachusetts) – November 20, 1866 in [Ogdensburg, New York](/source/Ogdensburg%2C_New_York)) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) from 1853 to 1855.

== Biography ==
He graduated from [Williams College](/source/Williams_College) in 1807. He studied law, and was admitted to the [bar](/source/bar_(law)) in 1812, commencing practice in [Lisbon, New York](/source/Lisbon%2C_New_York). He subsequently moved to [Ogdensburg, New York](/source/Ogdensburg%2C_New_York) and continued the practice of law. He was clerk of the [board of supervisors](/source/board_of_supervisors) of [St. Lawrence County](/source/St._Lawrence_County%2C_New_York) from 1820 to 1852, and was appointed [district attorney](/source/district_attorney) of St. Lawrence County on February 24, 1821, and served until May 21, 1840.

=== Political career ===
Perkins was a member of the [State constitutional convention](/source/New_York_Constitution) in 1846 and a member of the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) in 1846, 1847, and again in 1849.

==== Congress ====
He was elected as a [Democrat](/source/USDemocrat) to the Thirty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855.

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1854.

=== Later career and death ===
After leaving office, he returned to Ogdensburg, where he continued the practice of law until his death there in 1866, aged 79; interment was in Ogdensburg Cemetery.

==References==
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{{CongBio|P000227}}

==External links==
*{{Find a Grave|6399915}}

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  state=New York |
  district=17 |
  before=[Alexander H. Buell](/source/Alexander_H._Buell) |
  after=[Francis E. Spinner](/source/Francis_E._Spinner) |
  years=March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
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Category:People from Becket, Massachusetts
Category:New York (state) lawyers
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Category:St. Lawrence County district attorneys
Category:People from Lisbon, New York
Category:Democratic Party United States representatives from New York (state)
Category:Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:People from Ogdensburg, New York
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:19th-century United States representatives

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