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Ira Harris

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Born: May 31, 1802

Birthplace: Charleston, New York

Father: Frederick Waterman Harris 1780 – 1851
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)​

Mother: Lucy Hamilton 1781 – 1865
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)​

1st​ Wife: Clarissa T. Porter 1801 – 1830
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)​

2nd​ Wife: Louisa Tubbs 1809 – 1845
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)​

3rd​ Wife: Pauline Pinney Rathbone 1809 – 1894
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)​

Children:

Frederick B. Harris 1830 – 1830
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(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)​
Clara Hamilton Harris Rathbone 1834 – 1883​
(Buried: Stadfriehof Engesohde, Hanover, Germany)​
Amanda Judson Harris Miller 1836 – 1902​
(Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio)​
Lt. Colonel William Hamilton Harris 1838 – 1895​
(Buried: U.S. Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)​
Louise Hannah Harris 1840 – 1903​
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)​
Pauline Harris 1850 – 1922​
(Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York)​

Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party

Education:


1824: Graduated from Union College​

Occupation before War:

1827 – 1847: Attorney in Albany, New York​
1845 – 1846: Member of New York State Assembly​
1846: Delegate to New York State Constitutional Convention​
1847: New York State Senator​
1847 – 1859: Justice of New York State Supreme Court​
Lecturer at Albany Law School​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1867: United States Senator from New York​
1861 – 1867: Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee​
1864: Voted in favor of the 13th​ Amendment to U.S. Constitution.​
1865 – 1867: Member of Senate Public Lands Committee​

Occupation after War:

1867: Delegate to New York State Constitutional Convention​
1867 – 1875: Law Professor at Albany Law School​

Died: December 2, 1875

Place of Death: Albany, New York

Age at time of Death:
73 years old

Burial Place: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York
 
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