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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkAbraham Joseph HASBROUCK
(1773-1845)
HASBROUCK, Abraham Joseph,
(cousin of Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck), a Representative from New
York; born at “Guilford,” Ulster County, N.Y., October
16, 1773; was privately tutored; moved to Kingston in 1795 and
engaged in mercantile pursuits; one of the incorporators of the
Delaware & Hudson Canal; appointed by Governor Jay as first
lieutenant of Cavalry; organizer and director of the Middle
District Bank of Kingston; served in the State assembly in 1811;
elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4,
1813-March 3, 1815); was not a candidate for renomination in 1814;
engaged in freighting goods to New York City by water; member of
the State senate in 1822; died in Kingston, N.Y., January 12, 1845;
interment in Albany Avenue Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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