Peter Sharpe (December 10, 1777 in

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– August 3, 1842 in

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) was an American politician who served as a

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from

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Life

He "was a Maiden-lane

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-maker, of the average intelligence of a mechanic", and was an alderman of New York City. He was a member from New York County of the

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in 1814-15 and from 1816 to 1821, and was

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in 1820–21. He was a delegate to the

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of 1821. Credentials of his election to the

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were issued by the

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but Sharpe did not claim or take the seat. Cadwallader D. Colden successfully contested Sharpe's election and was seated on December 12, 1821. Sharpe was elected as an Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the

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in 1824. He died on August 3, 1842, in

, and was buried at the

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, but later re-interred in the

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in Brooklyn.

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