Amasa Dana

Amasa Dana

Amasa Dana (born October 19, 1792 in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania , † December 24, 1867 in Ithaca , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1839 and 1841 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Amasa Dana was born in Lucerne County about nine years after the War of Independence ended . He attended private schools and the Dana Academy in Wilkes-Barre. Then he studied law in Owego . He began practicing after receiving his license to practice law in 1817. In 1821 he moved to Ithaca. There he continued to work as a lawyer. Between 1823 and 1837 he was a district attorney in Tompkins County . Dana was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1828 and 1829 . He was President and Trustee of the Village of Ithaca in 1835, 1836 and 1839 . He was elected in 1837 as a judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Tompkins County. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1838 congressional election for the 26th Congress , Dana was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 22nd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Cyrus Beers and Hiram Gray on March 4, 1839 , who previously together represented the 22nd district in the US House of Representatives. Since he on a run again in 1840 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1841 Congress of.

After his time at Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer.

In 1842 he ran in the 26th constituency of New York for the 28th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded Francis Granger on March 4, 1843 . He left the Congress after March 3, 1845. During his time in Congress, he chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the United States Department of the Navy .

After that he worked as a lawyer again, but also went into banking. He died about two years after the end of the civil war in Ithaca and was then buried in the city cemetery.

Web links

• Amasa Dana in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Amasa Dana in the database of Find a Grave (English)