Peter Sailly

Peter Sailly, Congressman from New York

Peter Sailly (April 20, 1754 – March 16, 1826) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Lorraine, France, he migrated to the United States in 1783 and settled in Plattsburg, New York. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and as a fur trader, and also engaged in the manufacture of potash and in the shipping of lumber. He was an associate justice of the Court of Common Pleas from 1788 to 1796, commissioner of highways and school commissioner in 1797 and 1798, supervisor of schools in 1799 and 1800, a member of the New York State Assembly in 1803, and judge of Clinton County from 1804 to 1806.

Sailly was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1805 to March 4, 1807. He declined a renomination in 1806 and was Collector of Customs at Plattsburgh from 1807 until his death there in 1826. He is buried in Plattsburgh's Riverside Cemetery.

References

• Peter Sailly at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Peter Sailly at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Beriah Palmer	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 11th congressional district 1805–1807	Succeeded by John Thompson