John Gebhard was an American lawyer and politician from New York

New York

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Life

Gebhard attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar

Admission to the bar in the United States

In the United States, admission to the bar is the granting of permission by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law in that system. Each U.S. state and similar jurisdiction has its own court system and sets its own rules for bar admission , which can lead to different admission...

 and practiced. He was Surrogate of Schoharie County from 1811 to 1813, and from 1815 to 1823.

Gebhard was elected as Democratic-Republican to the 17th United States Congress

17th United States Congress

The Seventeenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1823, during the fifth and sixth...

, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law.

He was buried at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery.