Asa Wells
Asa Wells | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New York General Assembly | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 6, 1774 Colchester, Connecticut |
| Died | February 1859 |
| Residence | Pompey, New York |
Asa Wells (August 6, 1774 - February 1859) was a pioneer
.Background
Wells was born August 6, 1774, in
Disciples of Christ church in Pompey, and became one of its first elders
.
[1]
Public office
He held various town offices and served in the
Federalist candidate, Nicholas P. Randall.[2] In the 1817 race, he was once again the least successful of the four "Old Line" Democratic-Republican winners, coming out ahead of former Assemblyman Jonathan Stanley, Jr. running as a "Clintonian" or "New Line" candidate, with 1,380 vote to Stanley's 724.[3]
He was a candidate in the 1822 United States House of Representatives elections in New York for the 23rd Congressional District. Wells was now identified with the Clintonian faction of the state's Democratic-Republican Party, losing with 1,387 votes to 2,042 for Elisha Litchfield, identified with the Bucktails or Anti-Clintonian faction.[4]
He died in February, 1859.
References
- ^ Re-Union of the Sons and Daughters of the Old Town of Pompey, Held at Pompey Hill, June 29, 1871. Proceedings of the Meeting, Speeches, Toasts, and Other Incidents of the Occasion. Also, a History of the Town, Reminiscences and Biographical Sketches of Its Early Inhabitants Pompey: Published by the Direction of the Re-Union Meeting, 1875; pp. 198-99, 390-91
- ^ ""New York 1816 Assembly, Onondaga County" A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825". Archived from the original on 2021-06-26. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ "New York 1817 Assembly, Onondaga County" A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825
- ^ "New York 1822 U.S. House of Representatives, District 23" A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825