Abraham Bockee (February 3, 1784 – June 1, 1865) was an American lawyer and politician from

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who served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1829 to 1831, and from 1833 to 1837.

Biography

Born in

Shekomeko, New York Shekomeko (41°55'41"N 73°35'58"W) was a historic hamlet in the southwestern part of the town of North East, New York, United States) in present-day Dutchess County. It was a village of the Mahican people. They lived by a stream which Anglo-Amer ...

, Bockee attended the public schools and graduated from

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in 1803. He studied law in Poughkeepsie, was admitted to the bar in 1806, and practiced in Poughkeepsie until 1815, when he returned to Shekomeko to engage in agricultural pursuits. He married Martha Oakley and they had six children, Catharine Jerusha, Mary, Jesse Oakley, Alexander Phoenix, Isaac Smith, and Phoenix.

Political career

State House

Bockee was a

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member of the

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(Dutchess Co.) in

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Congress

He was elected as a Jacksonian to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1831. He was elected again to the 23rd and

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es, holding office from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1837. He was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture during the 23rd and 24th Congresses.

State Senate

He was a member of the

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(2nd D.) from 1842 to 1845, sitting in the 65th, 66th, 67th and 68th New York State Legislatures. He was First Judge of the

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Court in 1846.

Death

Bockee died on June 1, 1865, in

; and was buried on his estate there.

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