David H. Abell
American politician
David H. Abell (c. 1807 – March 1872 Groveland, Livingston County, New York) was an American politician from New York.
Life
Abell was a New York State Canal Appraiser from 1848 to 1850; and a member of the New York State Senate (30th D.) in 1860 and 1861. In January 1869, he was appointed by President Andrew Johnson as U.S. Tax Assessor for the 25th District of New York.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 407 and 442)
- Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York by William D. Murphy (1861; pg. 34ff)
- WASHINGTON; ...NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT in NYT on January 13, 1869
- Obit in the Corning Journal on March 21, 1872
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| Preceded by John B. Halsted | New York State Senate 30th District 1860–1861 | Succeeded by Wilkes Angel |
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