Arunah Metcalf
U.S. Congressperson
1771 – 1848
Who was Arunah Metcalf?
Arunah Metcalf was a United States Representative from New York. Born in 1771, he attended the common schools and moved from Connecticut to New York, settling in Cooperstown in 1802. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811 to March 3, 1813 and was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1814 to 1816. He was president of the Otsego County Agricultural Society in 1818 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the New York State Senate in 1819. He was again a member of the New York State assembly in 1828; in 1848, he died in Cooperstown.
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- Born
- Aug 15, 1771
- Profession
- Lived in
- Connecticut
- Died
- Aug 15, 1848
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on July 23, 2013
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