Ambrose Spencer | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 10th district | |
| In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Van Rensselaer |
| Succeeded by | Albert Gallup |
| Mayor of Albany, New York | |
| In office March 10, 1824 – January 1, 1826 | |
| Preceded by | Charles E. Dudley |
| Succeeded by | James Stevenson |
| New York Attorney General | |
| In office 1802–1804 | |
| Governor | George Clinton |
| Preceded by | Josiah Ogden Hoffman |
| Succeeded by | John Woodworth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 13, 1765 Salisbury, Connecticut Colony, British America |
| Died | March 13, 1848 (aged 82) Lyons, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Albany Rural Cemetery |
| Spouses | Laura Canfield
(m. 1784; died 1807)Mary Clinton
(m. 1808; died 1808)Katherine Clinton
(m. 1810; died 1837) |
| Children | 6, including John Canfield |
| Relatives | Philip Spencer (grandson) DeWitt Clinton (brother-in-law) John Townsend (son-in-law) |
| Alma mater | Yale College Harvard University |
Ambrose Spencer (December 13, 1765 – March 13, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician.[1]
- ^ Raymond, William (1851). Biographical Sketches of the Distinguished Men of Columbia County: Including an Account of the Most Important Offices They Have Filled, in the State and General Governments, and in the Army and Navy. Weed, Parsons and Company. pp. 62–65. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
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