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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkAmaziah Bailey JAMES
(1812-1883)
JAMES, Amaziah Bailey, a
Representative from New York; born in Stephentown, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., July 1, 1812; moved with his father to Sweden, Monroe
County, N.Y., in 1814; pursued an academic course; at the age of
fourteen was apprenticed to the printer’s trade in Batavia,
N.Y.; moved to Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., in 1831 and
established the Northern Light, a weekly newspaper; later became
part owner of the Times and Advertiser, the Whig paper of the
county; captain of the Ogdensburg Artillery in 1836; afterward
promoted to major general of militia; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in Ogdensburg; elected
justice of the State supreme court in 1853; reelected in 1861 and
again in 1869 and served until 1876; member of the peace convention
of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to
prevent the impending war; elected as a Republican to the
Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3,
1881); while serving his second term in Congress was stricken with
paralysis, from which he partially recovered; died in Ogdensburg,
N.Y., July 6, 1883; interment in the City Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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