Abram Wakeman

Abram Wakeman

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

Born in Greenfield Hill, Connecticut, Wakeman completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Herkimer Academy, New York.He studied law at Little Falls, New York.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City in 1847.He served as member of the State assembly 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 raised the Eighty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers. Postmaster of New York City from March 21, 1862, to September 18, 1864. Surveyor of the port of New York City.He resumed the practice of law.He died in New York City June 29, 1889.He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

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