Albert Lester
Albert Lester (c. 1803 – March 14, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
Lester removed from Litchfield, Connecticut, to Canandaigua.
He was a
New York state election, 1847 to fill the vacancy, and Hamilton Fish
was elected to take office on January 1, 1848.
Lester died in
Canandaigua
.
Sources
- The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge by Jared Sparks, Francis Bowen & George Partridge Sanger (Gray and Bowen, 1847; page 245)
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 32, 134ff and 143; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- [1] Political Graveyard
- [2] Gravestone info, transcribed at NY GenWeb
- Political History of the State of New York from January 1, 1841, to January 1, 1847, Vol III, including the Life of Silas Wright by Jabez Delano Hammond (Hall & Dickson, Syracuse NY, 1848; pages 367f)
- The Regents of the University of the State of New York: 1784-1959 compiled by Albert Bickmore Corey (University of the State of New York, 1959; pages 23 and 33)