Amos K. Hadley
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Amos Hadley
| birth_date = October 12, 1812
| birth_place = Waterford, Vermont
| death_date = March 5, 1901 (aged 88)
| death_place = Mount Vernon, New York
| birth_name = Amos Kinne Hadley
| party = Whig
| image = Amos K. Hadley.jpg
}}
Amos Kinne Hadley{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com |title=Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Birth entry for Amos Kinne Hadley |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry, Inc. |access-date=April 25, 2014}} (October 12, 1812 – March 5, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member and speaker of the New York State Assembly.
Early life and education
Hadley was born in Waterford, Vermont, the son of Stephen Hadley (1777–1861) and Sarah Cushman Hadley (1780–1867). He graduated from Hamilton College. Then he studied law with Judge John P. Cushman in Troy, New York, and was admitted to the bar in 1843.
Career
Hadley served as a Whig member of the New York State Assembly in 1847 (Rensselaer Co.); 1848 and 1849 (both Rensselaer Co., 1st D.); and was Speaker in 1848 and 1849.
Death
He died at the residence of his daughter in Mount Vernon, New York. He was buried at the Claverack Cemetery in Claverack, New York.
References
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Sources
- [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/elecbook/chester/courts_and_lawyers_pgs1060-1073.htm Courts and lawyers] pages 1060-1073 at NY Court History
- [http://www.hadleygenealogy.net/np7.html Hadley Genealogy]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1870/02/18/80218508.pdf Hamilton College alumni reunion dinner] in NYT, February 18, 1870
- [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam/b451.html#P34576 COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS] at freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com Genealogy at Rootsweb
- [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/03/06/117956557.pdf Obit in NYT], on March 6, 1901 (erroneously giving first name as "Ernest", and age as "90" [he was 88])
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{{succession box | before = William C. Hasbrouck | title = Speaker of the New York State Assembly | years = 1848–1849 | after = Noble S. Elderkin}}
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Category:New York (state) Whigs
Category:Speakers of the New York State Assembly
Category:Members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Politicians from Troy, New York
Category:Hamilton College (New York) alumni
Category:Politicians from Caledonia County, Vermont
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature