Augustus C. Hand

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Augustus Cincinnatus Hand (September 4, 1803 - March 8, 1878) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Shoreham, Vermont, Hand pursued academic studies. He studied law in Litchfield, Connecticut. He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice at Crown Point, New York. He moved to Elizabethtown, New York, in 1831. Surrogate of Essex County 1831-1839.

Hand was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1841).

Hand was elected a member of the State senate in 1844 and served several years. He served as associate justice of the State supreme court 1847-1855. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868. He resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Elizabethtown, New York, March 8, 1878. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

[edit] References

• Augustus C. Hand at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] External links

• Augustus C. Hand at Find A Grave