Amasa Dana

Amasa Dana (* October 19, 1792 in Wilkes -Barre, Pennsylvania, † December 24, 1867 in Ithaca, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1839 and 1841 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Amasa Dana was born about nine years after the end of the Revolutionary War in Luzerne County. He attended private schools and the Dana Academy in Wilkes - Barre. He then studied law in Owego. After receiving his license to practice law in 1817, he began practicing. In 1821 he moved to Ithaca. There he went on a job as a lawyer after. Between 1823 and 1837 he was district attorney in Tompkins County. Dana sat in 1828 and 1829 in the New York State Assembly. It was in 1835, 1836 and 1839 President and Trustee in the Village of Ithaca. We chose him in 1837 a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Tompkins County. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1838, for the 26th Congress Dana was in the 22nd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeds Cyrus Beers and Hiram Gray took on March 4, 1839 which together previously represented the 22th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since he gave up for reelection in 1840, he retired after the March 3, 1841 out of the Congress.

After his conference time he went back to his work as a lawyer after.

In 1842 he stood as a candidate in the 26th electoral district of New York for the 28th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1843, the successor of Francis Granger. He retired after the March 3, 1845 out of the Congress. During his time Congress he had presided over the Committee on Expenditures in the United States Department of the Navy.

He then worked as a lawyer again, but also went after banking. He died about two years after the end of the civil war in Ithaca and was then buried in the town cemetery.