Abijah Mann, Jr.
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Abijah Mann, Jr. (September 24, 1793 - September 6, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Fairfield, New York, Mann attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a justice of the peace. He was appointed by President Jackson postmaster of Fairfield and served from May 28, 1830 to January 16, 1833. He served as member of the State assembly from 1828 to 1830 and in 1838.
Mann was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837).
He moved to New York City. He was an unsuccessful candidate for attorney general of New York in 1855. He served as delegate to the Republican State convention in 1856. He was an unsuccessful candidate for State senator in 1857.
He died in Auburn, New York, September 6, 1868.
