Abraham Bockee
{{Short description|American lawyer and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abraham Bockee
| image =
| state = New York
| district = 5th
| term_start = March 4, 1833
| term_end = March 3, 1837
| preceded = Edmund H. Pendleton
| succeeded = Obadiah Titus
| term_start2 = March 4, 1829
| term_end2 = March 3, 1831
| preceded2 = Thomas Taber II
| succeeded2 = Edmund H. Pendleton
| office3 = Member of the New York State Assembly
| term3 = January 1, 1820 - December 31, 1820
| birth_date = {{birth date text|February 3, 1784}}
| death_date = {{death-date and age|June 1, 1865|February 3, 1784}}
| birth_place = Shekomeko, New York, United States
| death_place = Shekomeko, New York
| spouse = Martha Oakley Bockee
| children = Catharine Jerusha Bockee Flint
Mary Bockee Willson
Jesse Oakley Bockee
Alexander Phoenix Bockee
Isaac Smith Bockee
Phoenix Bockee
| profession = Attorney
politician
farmer
judge
| party = Federalist
| alma_mater = Union College
|}}
Abraham Bockee (February 3, 1784 – June 1, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician from New York who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1829 to 1831, and from 1833 to 1837.
Biography
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Born in Shekomeko, New York, Bockee attended the public schools and graduated from Union College in 1803. He studied law in Poughkeepsie, was admitted to the bar in 1806, and practiced in Poughkeepsie until 1815, when he returned to Shekomeko to engage in agricultural pursuits. He married Martha Oakley and they had six children, Catharine Jerusha, Mary, Jesse Oakley, Alexander Phoenix, Isaac Smith, and Phoenix.
Political career
= State House =
Bockee was a Federalist member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Co.) in 1820.
= Congress =
He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 21st United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1831. He was elected again to the 23rd and 24th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1837. He was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture during the 23rd and 24th Congresses.
= State Senate =
He was a member of the New York State Senate (2nd D.) from 1842 to 1845, sitting in the 65th, 66th, 67th and 68th New York State Legislatures. He was First Judge of the Dutchess County Court in 1846.{{cite book|title=Abraham Bockee|year=1901|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QNdOAAAAYAAJ |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QNdOAAAAYAAJ/page/n135 125]|publisher=Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century|access-date=11 September 2013}}
Death
Bockee died on June 1, 1865, in Shekomeko, New York; and was buried on his estate there.
References
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External links
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- {{Find a Grave|15828609}}
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Category:Members of the New York State Assembly
Category:New York (state) state senators
Category:New York state court judges
Category:Union College (New York) alumni
Category:People from North East, New York
Category:New York (state) Federalists
Category:Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives