- Ezra C. Gross
Ezra Carter Gross (
July 11 ,1787 -April 9 ,1829 ) was a U.S. Representative fromNew York .Born in
Hartford, Vermont , Gross pursued classical studies.He was graduated from theUniversity of Vermont in 1806.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1810 and practiced inElizabethtown, New York , and later inKeeseville, New York .He was admitted as a master in chancery in 1812.He served in the War of 1812 and took part in several engagements. Held a commission in the New York Militia 1814-1821. Surrogate of Essex County 1815-1819. Supervisor of Elizabethtown in 1818 and again in 1823 and 1824.Gross was elected as a
Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4 ,1819 -March 3 ,1821 ).He resumed the practice of law.He served as member of the New York State assembly in 1828 and 1829.He died inAlbany, New York ,April 9 ,1829 .He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery,Keeseville, New York .References
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