Ashley Davenport (February 12, 1794 – February 10, 1874) was an American farmer, merchant, county judge, high sheriff, and politician from
New York.
Life
Davenport was born in
Copenhagen, New York
Copenhagen is a village in Lewis County, New York, United States. The village is situated between Watertown and Lowville. The population was 631 at the 2020 census. The village is named after Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
Copenhagen is in ...
. He was a member of the
New York State Senate (21st D.) in
1852
Events
January–March
* January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic.
* January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come tog ...
and
1853
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
* January 8 – Taiping R ...
. Davenport also held the positions of
county judge
The term county judge is applied as a descriptor, sometimes as a title, for a person who presides over a county court. In most cases, such as in Northern Ireland and the Victorian County Courts, a county judge is a judicial officer with civil ...
and high sheriff for
Lewis County, New York.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pp. 137 and 140; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''American Biographical Notes''by Franklin B. Hough (p. 99)
1794 births
1874 deaths
19th-century American politicians
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
People from Lewis County, New York
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