Asa Clapp was a United States Representative from Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

. He was born in Portland

Portland, Maine

Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

 on March 6, 1805. He graduated from the Norwich Military Academy in 1823. He engaged as a merchant in foreign and domestic commerce in Portland. He was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849). He was not a candidate for renomination. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention

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 in 1848 and 1852.

He then resumed his former business pursuits, serving also as a director of the Maine General Hospital and of the Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library

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 until his death in Portland on March 22, 1891. His interment was in Evergreen Cemetery

Evergreen Cemetery (Portland, Maine)

Evergreen Cemetery is a garden style cemetery in Portland, Maine, United States. With of land, it is the second largest cemetery in the state. It was established in 1855 and became the city's main cemetery after the Western Cemetery. As of March 2011, only of the were used for cemetery-related...

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