Joshua Sands (politician) Council of Appointment in 1796. He vacated his seat in the Senate on April 26, 1797 when President John Adams appointed him Collector of the Port of New York. He held this office until July 9, 1801, when he was removed by President Thomas Jefferson. He was elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress, and served from March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1805. He was President of the board of trustees of the Village of Brooklyn in 1824. He was again elected to the 19th United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1827.
Sir Robert Pigot, 4th Baronet was Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire. He married Emily Georgiana Elise Benyon of Ash Hall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Sir Robert Pigot, 4th Baronet Sir Robert Pigot, 4th Baronet (3 November 1801 – 1 June 1891), was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1832 and 1853. Pigot was the son of General Sir George Pigot, 3rd Baronet and his wife Mary Anne Monckton. At the 1832 general election, Pigot was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth. He held the seat until 1837. He was re-elected in 1838 and held the seat until