David Ellicott Evans (March 19, 1788 – May 17, 1850) briefly served as a United States representative from

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in 1827.

Biography

Evans was born in Ellicotts Upper Mills, Maryland. He attended the common schools, moved to New York in 1803 and settled in

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. He was employed as a clerk and afterward as an

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with the Holland Land Company.

Political career

He served as a member of the

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, and was a member of the council of appointment. Evans was elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the

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and served from March 4, 1827, until his resignation May 2, 1827, before the assembling of Congress.

Later career and death

He was appointed resident agent of the Holland Land Company in 1827 and served until his resignation in 1837. Evans also engaged in banking, was a delegate to the convention held at Albany in 1827 to advocate a protective tariff, and retired from active business pursuits in 1837 to devote his attention to his extensive land interests. He died in Batavia and was interred in

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References

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