Background
Lent, James was born in 1782 in Newton, Long Island (now part of Borough of Queens), New York, United States.
United States representative judge politician
Lent, James was born in 1782 in Newton, Long Island (now part of Borough of Queens), New York, United States.
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, District of Columbia, 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.
Member United States House