Abram Wakeman

Abram Wakeman (born May 31, 1824 in Greenfield Hill , Connecticut , † June 29, 1889 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Abram Wakeman studied and completed his preparatory studies. He then graduated from the Herkimer Academy . Wakeman studied law in Little Falls , was admitted to the bar, and then began practicing in New York City in 1847. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1850 and 1851 .

Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party at the time. In the congressional election of 1854 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Francis B. Cutting on March 4, 1855 . In 1856 he ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for the 35th Congress and then left the Congress on March 3, 1957 .

Wakeman attended the 1856 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia as a delegate . When the Civil War broke out , he raised the 81st Pennsylvania Volunteers . He was Postmaster in New York City from March 21, 1862 to September 18, 1864 . Wakeman worked as a surveyor in the Port of New York City . Then he worked as a lawyer again. He died on June 29, 1889 in New York City and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in the then still separate city of Brooklyn .

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SURNAME	Wakeman, Abram
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 31, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH	Greenfield Hill , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	June 29, 1889
Place of death	New York City