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John Savage papers

 File — Box: 1
Identifier:  SCA-1175

Scope and Contents

Papers from UC Class of 1799 John Savage, which the website of the Bibliographl Directory of the United States Congress tells us "...a Representative from New York; born in Salem, Washington County, N.Y., February 22, 1779; attended the common schools; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1799; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Salem, N.Y.; district attorney for the fourth New York district 1806-1811 and 1812 and 1813; member of the State assembly in 1814; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1819); chairman, Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business (Fifteenth Congress); district attorney of Washington County 1818-1820; State comptroller 1821-1823; chief justice of the State supreme court 1823-1836; appointed Treasurer of the United States in 1828 but did not accept; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1844; died in Utica, N.Y., October 19, 1863; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery." (SAVAGE, John - Biographical Information, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000082.)

Dates

  • Creation: 1836

Extent

1 Box

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

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