| LC control no. | n 97044507 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Clapp, Asa W. H. (Asa William Henry), 1805-1891 |
| Variant(s) | Clapp, A. W. H. (Asa William Henry), 1805-1891 Clapp, Asa William Henry, 1805-1891 |
| Birth date | 1805-03-06 |
| Death date | 1891-03-22 |
| Place of birth | Portland (Me.) |
| Place of death | Portland (Me.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Norwich Military Academy (Norwich, Vt.) Democratic National Convention Maine General Hospital Portland Public Library |
| Profession or occupation | Legislator Merchant |
| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Woodbury, L. Family papers, 1638-1914 (Clapp, Asa W.H.; brother-in-law of Levi Woodbury and son of Asa Clapp (1762-1848) WWWA, Hist. vol. (Clapp, Asa William Henry; b, 1805, d. 1891; U.S. rep. from Maine, 1847-49) NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for Smith, F.O.J. Papers, 1818-1876 (A.W.H. Clapp) Biog. Dir. of the U.S. Congress, viewed online, Jan. 5, 2017 (CLAPP, Asa William Henry, a Representative from Maine; born in Portland, Maine, March 6, 1805; was graduated from the Norwich (Vt.) Military Academy in 1823; engaged as a merchant in foreign and domestic commerce at Portland; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); was not a candidate for renomination in 1848; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1848 and 1852; resumed his former business pursuits; served as a director of the Maine General Hospital and of the Portland Public Library until his death in Portland, Maine, on March 22, 1891; interment in Evergreen Cemetery) |
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