Aaron HACKLEY, Jr., Congress, NY (1783-1868)

HACKLEY Aaron, Jr. , a Representative from New York; born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., May 6, 1783; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1805; moved to Herkimer, N.Y.; elected county clerk in 1812 and again in 1815; judge advocate in the War of 1812; member of the State assembly 1814, 1815, and 1818; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821); district attorney of Herkimer County 1828-1833; again a member of the State assembly in 1837; justice of the county court of St. Lawrence County, N.Y., in 1823 and 1824; master in chancery; recorder of Utica, N.Y.; died in New York City on December 28, 1868; interment in Trinity Church Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present