Thomas Addis Emmet

Thomas Addis Emmet
Portrait by Samuel F. B. Morse, c. 1820
Attorney General of New York
In office 1812–1813
Preceded by	Matthias B. Hildreth
Succeeded by	Abraham Van Vechten
Constituency	New York County, New York
Personal details
Born	( 1764 -04-24)24 April 1764 Cork, Ireland
Died	14 November 1827(1827-11-14) (aged 63)
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Other political affiliations	United Irishmen
Spouse	Jane Patten ​ (after 1791)​
Relations	Christopher Emmet (brother) Robert Emmet (brother) Mary Anne Holmes (sister)
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin University of Edinburgh

Thomas Addis Emmet (24 April 1764 – 14 November 1827) was an Irish and American lawyer and politician. In Ireland, in the 1790s, he was a senior member of the Society of United Irishmen as it planned for an insurrection against the British Crown and Protestant Ascendancy. In American exile, he took up legal practice in New York, earned a reputation as a staunch abolitionist, and in 1812 to 1813 served as the state's Attorney General.