Asa William Henry Clapp (March 6, 1805 – March 22, 1891) was a
United States representative
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from
Maine
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.
Biography
Clapp, son of wealthy merchant and state legislator
Asa Clapp (1762–1848), was born in
Portland, Maine
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, in 1805. He graduated from
Norwich University
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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
30th Congress
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(March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). He was not a candidate for renomination. He was a delegate to the
1848
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and in 1848 and
1852
Events
January–March
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Democratic National Conventions.
He then resumed his former business pursuits, also serving as a director of the
Maine General Hospital and of the
Portland Public Library
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until his death in Portland in 1891. His interment was in the city's
Evergreen Cemetery.
References
1805 births
1891 deaths
Norwich University alumni
Politicians from Portland, Maine
Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Portland, Maine)
Businesspeople from Maine
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine
19th-century American merchants
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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