Augustus Porter Hascall was a U.S. Representative

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 from New York

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Born in Hinsdale, Massachusetts

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, Hascall moved to Le Roy, New York

Le Roy, New York

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, in 1815. He attended public and private schools. He engaged in surveying

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar

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 and commenced practice in Le Roy, New York

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. He was a Justice of the Peace

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 and supervisor, and served as judge of the Court of Common Pleas

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Hascall was elected as a Whig

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 to the Thirty-second Congress

32nd United States Congress

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 (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). He resumed the practice of law. He served as trustee of the village of Le Roy in 1858. He died in Le Roy, New York

Le Roy, New York

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, June 27, 1872. He was interred in Myrtle Street Cemetery.