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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkAsa ADGATE
(1767-1832)
ADGATE, Asa, a
Representative from New York; born in Canaan, N.Y., November 17,
1767; in 1793 moved to what became known as Adgates Falls, on the
Ausable River, then in the township of Peru, Clinton County, N.Y.
(now Ausable Chasm, Chesterfield Township, Essex County, N.Y.),
where he engaged in the manufacture of iron and agricultural
pursuits; upon the organization of the town of Peru in 1793 was
elected town clerk and reelected in 1794; supervisor in 1795;
assessor in 1796 and 1797; commissioner of schools in 1798; member
of the State general assembly from Clinton County in 1798;
lieutenant of Infantry, Clinton County, New York Militia, in 1798
and 1799; named by Gov. John Jay, of New York, March 9, 1799, in
the first commission of the peace for Essex County, as one of the
judges of the court of common pleas and served for several years;
elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin Pond and served from June
7, 1815, to March 3, 1817; was not a candidate for renomination in
1816; resumed his former occupations; again a member of the State
general assembly from Essex County, in 1823; died at Ausable Chasm,
Chesterfield Township, Essex County, N.Y., February 15, 1832;
interment in Ausable Chasm Cemetery, Ausable Township, Clinton
County, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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