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Kent, Moss, 1766-1838

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Personal name headingKent, Moss, 1766-1838
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Birth date1766
Death date1838
Found inLibrary of Congress Manuscript Division for the Papers of James Kent, 1779-1854 (Moss Kent; brother of James Kent)
Bio directory of the U.S. Congress, viewed Sept. 28, 2015 (Moss Kent; born in Rensselaer County, N.Y., April 3, 1766; admitted to the bar and practiced; appointed first judge of Jefferson County about 1795; moved to Cooperstown, N.Y.; member of the State senate 1799-1803; served in the State assembly in 1807 and 1810; appointed judge of Jefferson County, February 26, 1810; elected as a Federalist to the 13th and 14th U.S. Congresses, March 4, 1813-March 3, 1817; resumed the practice of law; died in Plattsburgh, N.Y., May 30, 1838)