Charles Addison Mann (January 16, 1803 Fairfield,

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– January 19, 1860 Utica,

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) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Abijah Mann (1761–1856) and Levina (Ford) Mann (1768–1813). He married Emma Bagg (1813–1887), and removed to Utica, his wife's hometown. They had several children, among them Dr.

Matthew Derbyshire Mann Matthew Derbyshire Mann (July 12, 1845 – March 2, 1921) was an American gynecologist and one of the surgeons who operated on President William McKinley after he was shot on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition on September 6 ...

(1845–1921) who was one of the physicians who treated President

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after he was shot in 1901. He was a member of the

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(Oneida Co.) in

1840 Events January–March * January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded. * January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom. * Janua ...

. He was a member of the

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(19th D.) in

1850 Events January–June * April ** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome. ** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States. * April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a cit ...

and

1851 Events January–March * January 11 – Hong Xiuquan officially begins the Taiping Rebellion. * January 15 – Christian Female College, modern-day Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly. ...

. He was among the 12 state senators who resigned on April 17, 1851, to prevent a quorum in the Senate. Congressman Abijah Mann Jr. (1793–1868) was his brother.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 136, 143, 223 and 290; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

transcribed from ''This Green and Pleasant Land, Fairfield, NY'' by Jane Dieffenbacher, Fairfield Town Historian (1999), at NY Gen Web
''The Descendants of Mathew Martine Forde''
by Scott William Barker (Vol. I; 2011; pg. 90) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Charles A 1803 births 1860 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Utica, New York People from Fairfield, New York New York (state) Jacksonians 19th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly