Abram Wakeman

Rep. Abram Wakeman of New York

Abram Wakeman (May 31, 1824 – June 29, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Biography

Born in Greenfield Hill, Connecticut, Wakeman completed preparatory studies and graduated from Herkimer Academy. He studied law at Little Falls, New York. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City in 1847. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 4th D.) in 1850 and 1851.

Wakeman was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857). He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1856.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Wakeman raised the Eighty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers. He served as Postmaster of New York City from March 21, 1862, to September 18, 1864, and later as Surveyor of the Port of New York City. He later resumed the practice of law.

Wakeman died in New York City, New York on June 29, 1889. He was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

References

• United States Congress. "Abram Wakeman (id: W000027)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.  Retrieved on 2009-03-21

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