James Cochran (February 11, 1769 – November 7, 1848) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
[1] He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and was commissioned as a major in the Army by President John Adams.
[7] He moved to Oswego, New York, in 1826 and served as the city's postmaster from September 27, 1841, to July 21, 1845.
[12] Catharine Schuyler was the widow of Samuel Bayard Malcolm (1776–1814),[13] with whom she had two sons.
[11] Cochran died in Oswego on November 7, 1848, and was interred in Riverside Cemetery.