Waters Whipple Braman (April 20, 1840

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– December 8, 1893

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) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of Horace Braman and Caroline (Whipple) Braman (1805–1845). Braman's mother died when he was young, and he went to live with his uncle, Waters W. Whipple, who also lived in Troy. He attended the common schools and Troy High School. Then he engaged in the

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trade. In 1860, he became a partner in the firm Belknap & Braman. When the

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broke out, he closed out his business interests and joined the Army. He fought from 1861 to 1865 with the 93rd New York Volunteers in the

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, finishing the war as a brevet

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. Braman returned to West Troy (Watervliet) and resumed his career in the lumber business, joining the firm founded by his uncle, W.W. Whipple & Company. On October 26, 1865, he married Margaret ("Maggie") Jane Getty (born 1845), and they had several children. He was a trustee of the Village of West Troy in 1873 and 1874. He was a member of the

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(Albany Co., 4th D.) in

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and

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. In 1877, he contested the election of Democrat Edward Curran, and was seated in the

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on February 27. He was again a member of the State Assembly in

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; and a member of the

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(17th D.) in

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and

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. In the spring of 1891, he removed with his family to

, and engaged in the lumber trade there. He died there two years later, on December 8, 1893.

Sources

''Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York''
compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291, 374f and 378)
''Life Sketches of Government Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1875''
by W. H. McElroy and Alex. McBride (pg. 144ff)

at Gen Web * ''History of the City of Watervliet, N.Y., 1630 to 1910'' (pg. 82)

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Braman, Waters W 1840 births 1893 deaths American emigrants to Canada Republican Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Troy, New York Union Army officers Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly People from Watervliet, New York 19th-century American legislators 19th-century New York (state) politicians