Ambrose Spencer
Ambrose Spencer (December 13, 1765 – March 13, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician.
Ambrose Spencer | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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