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Clark Betton Cochrane (May 31, 1815 – March 5, 1867) was a
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from New York. Born in
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, Cochrane moved to
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. He was graduated from
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,
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, in 1841. He studied law. He was
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in 1841 and practiced in Amsterdam 1841–1851, Schenectady 1851–1855, and Albany, New York, from 1855 until his death. Cochrane was elected as a Republican a member of the
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(Montgomery Co.) in
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. Trustee of
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1853–1867. Cochrane was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860. He resumed the practice of law in Albany. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864. He was again a member of the State Assembly (Albany Co., 3rd D.) in
1866 Events January * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman troops clash ...
. He died in
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, on March 5, 1867. He was interred in Green Hill Cemetery,
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