Ambrose Spencer

Ambrose Spencer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Preceded byStephen Van Rensselaer
Succeeded byAlbert Gallup
Mayor of Albany, New York
In office
March 10, 1824 – January 1, 1826
Preceded byCharles E. Dudley
Succeeded byJames Stevenson
New York Attorney General
In office
1802–1804
GovernorGeorge Clinton
Preceded byJosiah Ogden Hoffman
Succeeded byJohn Woodworth
Personal details
Born(1765-12-13)December 13, 1765
Salisbury, Connecticut Colony, British America
DiedMarch 13, 1848(1848-03-13) (aged 82)
Lyons, New York, U.S.
Resting placeAlbany Rural Cemetery
Spouses
Laura Canfield
(m. 1784; died 1807)
Mary Clinton
(m. 1808; died 1808)
Katherine Clinton
(m. 1810; died 1837)
Children6, including John Canfield
RelativesPhilip Spencer (grandson)
DeWitt Clinton (brother-in-law)
John Townsend (son-in-law)
Alma materYale College
Harvard University

Ambrose Spencer (December 13, 1765 – March 13, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician.[1]

  1. ^ Raymond, William (1851). Biographical Sketches of the Distinguished Men of Columbia County: Including an Account of the Most Important Offices They Have Filled, in the State and General Governments, and in the Army and Navy. Weed, Parsons and Company. pp. 62–65. Retrieved August 14, 2017.