Abraham M. Schermerhorn

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name = Abraham M. Schermerhorn


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office = 3^rd Mayor of Rochester, New York
term_start = 1837
term_end = 1837
predecessor = Jacob Gould
successor = Thomas Kempshall
birth_date = December 11 1791
birth_place = Schenectady, New York
death_date = August 22 1855
death_place = Savin Rock, Connecticut
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profession = Banker
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Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (December 11, 1791 - August 22, 1855) was the third mayor of Rochester, New York and a United States Representative from New York.

Born in Schenectady, he completed preparatory studies and graduated from Union College in 1810. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and in 1813 moved to Rochester. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000122 Abraham M. Schermerhorn at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] ] He became the "money king" of the Genesee region as the secretary of Rochester's first bank before becoming a supervisor of the city in 1834. In 1837 Schermerhorn became the third mayor of Rochester but resigned after two months to become secretary to the New York State Senate. [ [http://www.rochester.lib.ny.us/~rochhist/v26_1964/v26i1.pdf Rochester Mayors Before the Civil War - Rochester History] ] He became a member of the New York State Assembly in 1848 and was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1853. In 1855 he died at Savin Rock, near West Haven, Connecticut. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester.

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* [http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/schermerhorn/chronicles/2c.html Schermerhorn Genealogy and Family Chronicles] at www.SchenectadyHistory.org