John Nicholas (congressman)

John Nicholas (January 19, 1764 – December 31, 1819)[1] was an American lawyer, farmer, and politician from Williamsburg, Virginia.

Nicolas was born on January 19, 1764, in Williamsburg, in what was then the Colony of Virginia in British America.

[2] After attending the common schools he graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and practiced in his native county.

From 1806 until 1809 he served in the New York State Senate and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1806 until his death in 1819.

Together, they were the parents of:[2] He died at home on December 31, 1819, and is buried in the Glenwood Cemetery in Geneva.