John Hathorn

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John Hathorn (9 January 1749–19 February 1825) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

John Hathorn was born in Wilmington, Delaware, 9 January 1749. He completed preparatory studies and became a surveyor and a school teacher. He was a captain of the Colonial Militia, and became a colonel of the Fourth Orange County (N.Y.) Regiment 7 February 1776, and served throughout the Revolutionary War. On 26 September 1786, Hathorn became a brigadier general of the Orange County Militia, and on 8 October 1793 a major general of state militia.

Hathorn was a member of the State assembly in 1778, 1780, 1782–1785, 1795, and 1805, and served as speaker in 1783 and 1784. Hathorn served terms in the State senate 1786–1790 and 1799–1803 and was a member of the Council of Appointment in 1787 and 1789. He was elected to the Continental Congress in December 1788 but no further sessions were held. He was elected to the First Congress (4 March 1789–3 March 1791), an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1790 to the Second Congress and in 1792 to the Third Congress. He was elected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress (4 March 1795–3 March 1797). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1796. Hathorn engaged in mercantile pursuits until the time of his death.