| LC control no. | nr2002010761 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ashmun, Eli Porter, 1770-1819 |
| Variant(s) | Ashmun, Mr. (Eli Porter), 1770-1819 |
| Birth date | 1770-06-24 |
| Death date | 1819-05-10 |
| Place of birth | New York (State) |
| Place of death | Northampton (Mass.) |
| Affiliation | Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives Middlebury College Massachusetts. General Court. Senate Massachusetts. General Court. Senate Massachusetts. Council United States. Congress. Senate Federal Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | His In Senate of the United States, January 12, 1818. Mr. Ashmun submitted the following motion for consideration, 1818. Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Ashmun, Eli Porter; member of the Mass. house of representatives 1803-1804; grad. Middlebury College 1807; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced in Blandford; moved to Northampton, Mass., in 1807 and continued the practice of law; member, State senate 1808-1810, 1813; member, Governor's council 1816; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Christopher Gore and served from June 12, 1816, to May 10, 1818; born in a small village north of Albany on the Hudson River, June 24, 1770; d. Northampton, Mass., May 10, 1819) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, Sept. 16, 2015 (Ashmun, Eli Porter; (father of George Ashmun), a Senator from Massachusetts; party: Federalist; born in a small village north of Albany on the Hudson River, June 24, 1770; attended the village school; member of the State house of representatives 1803-1804; graduated from Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., in 1807; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Blandford; moved to Northampton, Mass., in 1807 and continued the practice of law; member, State senate 1808-1810, 1813; member, Governor's council 1816; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Christopher Gore and served from June 12, 1816, to May 10, 1818, when he resigned; died in Northampton, Mass., May 10, 1819; interment in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton) |
| Associated language | eng |
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