James Lent

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James Lent (1782 – February 22, 1833) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Newtown, Long Island (now a part of the Borough of Queens), New York, Lent engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City. He served as judge of Queens County and served from February 5, 1823, to March 4, 1829.

Lent was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 22, 1833. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Twenty-second Congress). He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery. He was reinterred in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Newtown, Long Island, New York.

Preceded by Silas Wood

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 1829-1833

Succeeded by Abel Huntington

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• James Lent at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress