Timothy Childs

Timothy Childs (1785 – November 8, 1847) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Childs moved to Rochester, New York. He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1811. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Rochester, New York. He served as prosecuting attorney of Monroe County 1821–1831. He served as member of the State assembly in 1828 and again in 1833.

Childs was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). He resumed the practice of law.

Childs was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress. And reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Twenty-fifth Congress).

Childs was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He died in Santa Cruz, New Mexico, November 8, 1847.