Lemuel Stetson was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Champlain, Clinton County

Clinton County, New York

Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,128. Its name is in honor of the first Governor of New York as a state, George Clinton. Its county seat is Plattsburgh.-History:...

, he attended the public schools and Plattsburg Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1824 and commenced practice in Keeseville

Keeseville, New York

Keeseville is a village in both Clinton County, New York and in Essex County, New York in the United States. The population was 1,815 at the 2010 census. The village is named after the Keese family....

, Essex County

Essex County, New York

Essex County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,370. Its name is from the English county of Essex. Its county seat is Elizabethtown...

. He was a member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...

 in 1835, 1836, and 1842, and was district attorney

District attorney

In many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...

 of Clinton County from 1838 to 1843. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845; while in the House he was chairman, Committee on District of Columbia. He was a member of the New York constitutional convention in 1846 and was again a member of the State assembly in 1846. He moved to Plattsburgh in 1847 and was judge of Clinton County from 1847 to 1851. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention

Democratic National Convention

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 at Baltimore in 1860. He resumed the practice of law and died in Plattsburg in 1868; interment in Riverside Cemetery.

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• Biographical Sketch (with portrait)