William A. Sackett | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from New York's 27th district | |
| In office 1849–1853 | |
| Preceded by | Esbon Blackmar |
| Succeeded by | John J. Taylor |
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| Born | William Augustus Sackett (1811-11-18)November 18, 1811 |
| Died | September 6, 1895(1895-09-06) (aged 83) |
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William Augustus Sackett (November 18, 1811 – September 6, 1895) was aU.S. Representative fromNew York.
Born inAurelius, nearAuburn, New York, Sackett attended private schools and Aurora Academy. He moved toSeneca Falls in 1831.
Sackett studied law, wasadmitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Seneca Falls.
He was elected as aWhig to theThirty-first andThirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853). Sackett spoke frequently against the extension of slavery into United States territories and advocated the immediate admission of California to the Union as a free state.
After leaving Congress he resumed the practice of law in Seneca Falls. He moved toSaratoga Springs in 1857.
During theAmerican Civil War his son William H. Sackett (1838–1864) wasColonel and commander of the9th New York Cavalry. The younger Sackett was killed at theBattle of Trevilian Station.
Sackett joined theRepublican Party at its founding and was appointed a federal Register in Bankruptcy under theBankruptcy Act of 1867. Afterwards, he was usually referred to as Judge Sackett to recognize the nature of his federal position.
He died in Saratoga Springs on September 6, 1895, and was interred in that town'sGreenridge Cemetery.
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