Abraham Bockee was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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Born in Shekomeko, New York

Shekomeko, New York

Shekomeko was a historic hamlet in the southwest part of the town of North East, New York, United States in present-day Dutchess County. It was a village of the Mahican people. They lived by a stream which Anglo-Americans later named Shekomeko Creek, after their village.In 1740 Moravians from...

, Bockee attended the public schools. He graduated from Union College

Union College

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, Schenectady, New York

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, 1803. He studied law in Poughkeepsie, New York

Poughkeepsie (city), New York

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. He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1806 and practiced in Poughkeepsie until 1815, when he returned to Shekomeko to engage in agricultural

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 pursuits. He served as member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 in 1820.

Bockee was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress

21st United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: John C. Calhoun * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Andrew Stevenson -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831).

Bockee was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third

23rd United States Congress

-House of Representatives:For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census .- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren...

 and Twenty-fourth

24th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:During this congress one House seat was added for each of the new states of Arkansas and Michigan.-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :...

 Congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837). He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture

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 (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses). He served in the New York State Senate

New York State Senate

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 1840-1844.

Bockee was elected judge

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 of the court of errors in 1843, and served as first judge of the Dutchess County

Dutchess County, New York

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 Court in 1846. He died in Shekomeko, New York

Shekomeko, New York

Shekomeko was a historic hamlet in the southwest part of the town of North East, New York, United States in present-day Dutchess County. It was a village of the Mahican people. They lived by a stream which Anglo-Americans later named Shekomeko Creek, after their village.In 1740 Moravians from...

, June 1, 1865. He was interred on his estate near Shekomeko.