John Adams (New York)

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John Adams (August 26, 1778, Oak Hill, New York - September 25, 1854, Catskill, New York) was a United States Congressman from New York.

He studied law, and taught school in Durham, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1805, and began to practice in Durham. He was appointed the surrogate of Greene County, New York in 1810.

He became a member of the New York State Assembly from 1812-1813. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1815, in a contested election, and again for the 23rd Congress as a Jackson Democrat from 1833-1835. He also became a director of the Canajoharie and Catskill Rail Road Railroad in 1835.

He died in 1854, aged 76, and is buried at Thomson Street Cemetery in Catskill, New York.

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• Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963.
• Find-A-Grave site