Senator Rafferty (other)
Senator Rafferty may refer to: * John Chandler Rafferty (1816–1880), New York State Senate *John Rafferty Jr. John Rafferty Jr. (born February 7, 1953) is an American politician and former Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who had represented the 44th District from 2003 to 2019. He was the Republican nominee for Attorney General of P ...

John Chandler Rafferty
John Chandler Rafferty (December 29, 1816 – December 30, 1880) was an American politician. Rafferty was born in Woodbury, N. J., December 29, 1816. His father, the Rev. William Rafferty, D.D., was born in Ireland, educated at Glasgow, removed to America, married Miss Chandler, of Orange County, N. J., lived for a time in Woodbury, and was principal of St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., from 1824 until his death in 1831. John Rafferty graduated from Yale College in 1835. After graduation, he attended lectures in the Harvard Law School, and continued his preparation in the office of O.W. Ogden, Esq., New York City, where he was admitted to the bar in 1838. In 1841, he married Laura E. Ogden, by whom he had two sons and two daughters. From the time of his marriage until 1862, he resided near Germantown, and during this period held for three years the office of New York State Senator The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York S ...
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