Asa Clapp (March 6, 1805 – March 22, 1891) was a

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from

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Biography

Asa William Henry Clapp, son of wealthy merchant and state legislator Asa Clapp (1762–1848) was born in

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on March 6, 1805. He graduated from

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in 1823. He engaged as a merchant in foreign and domestic commerce in Portland. He was elected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). He was not a candidate for renomination. He was a delegate to the

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and in 1848 and

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Democratic National Conventions. He then resumed his former business pursuits, also serving as a director of the Maine General Hospital and of the

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until his death in Portland on March 22, 1891. His interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.

References

* 1805 births 1891 deaths Norwich University alumni Politicians from Portland, Maine Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Portland, Maine) Businesspeople from Maine Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American businesspeople {{Maine-politician-stub