William Morrison Oliver (October 15, 1792 Londonderry

Londonderry, New Hampshire

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,236 people, 7,623 households, and 6,319 families residing in the town. The population density was 555.8 people per square mile . There were 7,718 housing units at an average density of 184.6 per square mile...

, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Rockingham County, New Hampshire

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 277,359 people, 104,529 households, and 74,320 families residing in the county. The population density was 399 people per square mile . There were 113,023 housing units at an average density of 163 per square mile...

 - July 21, 1863 Penn Yan

Penn Yan, New York

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, Yates County, New York

Yates County, New York

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) was an American

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 lawyer and politician

Politician

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Life

He was First Judge of the Yates County Court from 1823 to 1828 and from 1838 to 1844. He was a member of the New York State Senate

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 from the 7th District between 1827 and 1830. In 1830 he was elected President pro tempore of the State Senate

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 and was Acting Lieutenant Governor under Governor Enos Throop until the end of the year.

He was elected a United States Representative as a Democrat

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 from New York's 27th District, serving 1841-43. Afterwards he became clerk of the New York Supreme Court

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, and was president of the Yates County Bank from the issuance of its charter until 1857.

He was buried at Lake View Cemetery in Penn Yan.

Sources

• http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oliver-ollius.html Political Graveyard
• Google Book The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 32 and 366; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)