Jonathan Brace
| Jonathan Brace | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's At-large district |
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In office December 3, 1798 – May 1800 |
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| Preceded by | William Edmond |
| Succeeded by | Elizur Goodrich |
| Member of the Connecticut General Assembly | |
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In office 1788 1791-1794 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 12, 1754 Harwinton, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | August 26, 1837 (aged 82) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Citizenship |
 United States
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| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse(s) | Ann White Brace |
| Children | Thomas Kimberly Brace |
| Parents | Jonathan Brace and Mary (Messenger) Brace |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Politician, Judge |
Jonathan Brace (November 12, 1754 – August 26, 1837) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer, politician and judge. He served as a United States Representative from Connecticut.
Brace was born in Harwinton, Connecticut, the son of Jonathan Brace and Mary (Messenger) Brace. He attended the common schools and graduated from Yale College in 1779. He studied law under Oliver Ellsworth, future Chief Justice of the United States. Brace was admitted to the bar in Bennington, Vermont in 1779, and began the practice of law in Pawlet, Vermont.
Brace moved to Manchester, Vermont in 1782 and continued practicing law. He was a member of the council of censors to revise the constitution as well as a prosecuting attorney for Bennington County from 1784 to 1785. He then moved to Glastonbury, Connecticut in January 1786 but was not admitted to the Connecticut bar until 1790.
Brace was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly in 1788 and from 1791 to 1794. He was chosen assistant in the council in May 1798. Brace moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1794 and was a judge of the city court from 1797 until 1815, with the exception of two years. He was elected as a Federalist candidate to the Fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joshua Coit, and was reelected to the Sixth Congress. He served in Congress from December 3, 1798 until his resignation in May 1800.
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