Abraham M. Schermerhorn

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Abraham M. Schermerhorn

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| office1 = 3rd Mayor of Rochester, New York

| term_start1 = December 1836

| term_end1 = March 1837

| predecessor1 = Jacob Gould

| successor1 = Thomas Kempshall

| order2 = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 28th district

| term_start2 =March 4, 1849

| term_end2 =March 3, 1853

| predecessor2 = Elias B. Holmes

| successor2 = George Hastings

| state_assembly3 = New York

| district3 = Monroe County, 2nd

| term_start3 = January 1, 1848

| term_end3 = December 31, 1848

| preceded3 = new district

| succeeded3 = L. Ward Smith

| birth_date = December 11, 1791

| birth_place = Schenectady, New York, US

| death_date = {{death date and age|1855|8|22|1791|12|11}}

| death_place = Savin Rock, Connecticut, US

| nationality =

| party = Whig, Republican

| spouse = Mary Kent Adams

| parents =

| children =

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| alma_mater = Union College

| occupation =

| profession = Banker
Politician

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Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (December 11, 1791 – August 22, 1855) was the third mayor of Rochester, New York and a United States Representative from New York.

Early life

He was born in 1791 in Schenectady. He completed preparatory studies and graduated from Union College in 1810. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and in 1813, he moved to Rochester.[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000122 Abraham M. Schermerhorn at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]

Political career

He became the "money king" of the Genesee region as the secretary of Rochester's first bank, before becoming a supervisor of the city in 1834.

In 1837, he became the third mayor of Rochester but resigned after two months to become secretary to the New York State Senate.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhist/v26_1964/v26i1.pdf |title=Rochester Mayors Before the Civil War – Rochester History |access-date=July 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030060345/http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhist/v26_1964/v26i1.pdf |archive-date=October 30, 2008 |url-status=dead }} He became a member of the New York State Assembly (Monroe Co., 2nd D.) in 1848, and was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, representing New York's 28th congressional district holding office from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1853.{{cite book|last1=Chase|first1=Salmon Portland|last2=Niven|first2=John|title=The Salmon P. Chase Papers: Correspondence, 1823-1857|date=1993|publisher=Kent State University Press|isbn=9780873385084|page=276|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GK_yTiB5q0C&pg=PA276|access-date=14 January 2018|language=en}}

Personal life

Schermerhorn was married to Mary Kent Adams (1798–1865). Together, they were the parents of:

Susan M. Schermerhorn (d. 1846)
James Adams Schermerhorn (1816–1879), who married Sarah Maria Parker (1819–1874) in 1849.

In 1855, he died in Savin Rock, near West Haven, Connecticut. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester.

References

External links

{{Find a Grave|7258163|accessdate=September 3, 2010}}
[http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/schermerhorn/chronicles/2c.html Schermerhorn Genealogy and Family Chronicles] at www.SchenectadyHistory.org

{{succession box | title=Mayor of Rochester, NY | before=Jacob Gould | after=Thomas Kempshall | years=December 1836-1837}}

{{succession box | title = New York State Assembly
Monroe County, 2nd District | before = new district | years = 1848 | after = L. Ward Smith}}

{{US House succession box

| state= New York

| district= 28

| before= Elias B. Holmes

| after= George Hastings

| years= 1849–1853}}

Category:1791 births

Category:1855 deaths

Abraham M.

Category:American politicians of Dutch descent