Arunah Metcalf was a United States Representative from New York. Born in 1771, he attended the common schools and moved from Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

 to New York, settling in Otsego

Cooperstown, New York

Cooperstown is a village in Otsego County, New York, USA. It is located in the Town of Otsego. The population was estimated to be 1,852 at the 2010 census.The Village of Cooperstown is the county seat of Otsego County, New York...

 (now Cooperstown) in 1802. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811 to March 3, 1813 and was a member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 from 1814 to 1816. He was president of the Otsego County

Otsego County, New York

Otsego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. The 2010 population was 62,259. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name Otsego is from a Mohawk word meaning "place of the rock."-History:...

 Agricultural Society in 1818 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the New York State Senate

New York State Senate

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in 1819. He was again a member of the New York State assembly in 1828; in 1848, he died in Cooperstown.