Chester Ashley

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CHESTER ASHLEY (1790 - 1848)
	Years of Service: 1844-1848 Party: Democrat ASHLEY, Chester, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Massachusetts, June 1, 1790; moved with his parents to Hudson, N.Y.; attended the common schools and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., and the Litchfield (Conn.) Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced the practice of law in Hudson, N.Y.; moved to Little Rock, Ark., in 1820; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1844 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William S. Fulton; reelected in 1846, and served from November 8, 1844, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 29, 1848; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses); interment in Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. Bibliography: Rose, U.M. 'Chester Ashley.' Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association 3 (1911): 47-73. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/]

CHESTER ASHLEY (1790 - 1848)

Years of Service: 1844-1848
Party: Democrat

ASHLEY, Chester, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Massachusetts, June 1, 1790; moved with his parents to Hudson, N.Y.; attended the common schools and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., and the Litchfield (Conn.) Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced the practice of law in Hudson, N.Y.; moved to Little Rock, Ark., in 1820; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1844 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William S. Fulton; reelected in 1846, and served from November 8, 1844, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 29, 1848; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses); interment in Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.

Bibliography: Rose, U.M. 'Chester Ashley.' Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association 3 (1911): 47-73.

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