Jonathan Nicoll Havens

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Jonathan Nicoll Havens (June 18, 1757–October 25, 1799) was a politician from New York.

He was born on Shelter Island, New York. He graduated from Yale College in 1777. He was Shelter Island town clerk from 1783-1787 and was on the New York delegation that approved the Federal Constitution in 1788. He served in the state assembly from 1786 until 1795. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1795 as a Republican and served until his death in 1799. He is buried at the Presbyterian Church on Shelter Island.

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• Jonathan Nicoll Havens at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Thomas Tredwell

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 1795 - 1799

Succeeded by John Smith (New York)