Abner Hazeltine

Abner Hazeltine (June 10, 1793 - December 20, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Wardsboro, Vermont, Hazeltine attended the common schools.He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1815.He moved to Jamestown, New York, November 2, 1815.He taught school.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Chautauqua County, New York.He moved to Warren, Pennsylvania, and was the first located lawyer in the county.He moved to Jamestown, New York, and resumed the practice of law in 1823. Editorial writer on the Jamestown Journal 1826-1829.He served as member of the State assembly in 1829 and 1830.

Hazeltine was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1836.He served as prosecuting attorney of Chautauqua County 1847-1850.He served as judge of Chautauqua County 1859-1863.He was appointed special county judge of Chautauqua County in 1873 but did not qualify. United States commissioner for the northern district of New York until his death.He died in Jamestown, New York, on December 20, 1879.He was interred in Lakeview Cemetery.

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