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Eli Porter Ashmun
Eli Porter Ashmun
United States Senator; from Massachusetts
	In office; June 12, 1816 – May 10, 1818
Preceded by	Christopher Gore
Succeeded by	Prentiss Mellen
Personal details
Born	June 24, 1770; Albany, New York
Died	May 10, 1819 (aged 48); Northampton, Massachusetts
Resting place	Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts
Political party	Federalist
Spouse	Lucy Hooker
Children	George Ashmun,; Lewis Ashmun,; John Hooker Ashmun b. July 3, 1800, d. April 1, 1833.
Alma mater	Middlebury College

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Eli Porter Ashmun (June 24, 1770– May 10, 1819) was a Federalist United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1816 to 1818.

Born in a small village north of Albany, New York on the Hudson River, he attended the local school and attended Middlebury College, graduating in 1807. He studied law, was admitted to the state bar and began his practice in Blandford, soon moving to Northampton, and was in the Massachusetts Senate from 1808 to 1810. In 1816, he served with the Massachusetts Governor's Council. Following the resignation of Senator Christopher Gore, he was elected to the US Senate, serving from June 12, 1816, to May 10, 1818. He died in 1819 and is interred in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton.

Ashmun had one wife, Lucy, who died in 1812 at the age of 37. He was the father of George Ashmun (1804–1870), who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.

References

United States Congress. "Eli P. Ashmun (id: A000317)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Eli P. Ashmun at Find a Grave
Political Graveyard
Northampton Cemetery Inscriptions

Notes

^ Clark, Solomon (1882), Antiquities, Historicals and Graduates of Northampton, Northampton, MA.: Solomon Clark, p. 277.
^ Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume I, Boston, MA.: The Boston History Company, p. 321.

U.S. Senate
Preceded by Christopher Gore	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Massachusetts 1816–1818 Served alongside: Joseph B. Varnum, Harrison Gray Otis	Succeeded by Prentiss Mellen

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[1] Clark, Solomon (1882), Antiquities, Historicals and Graduates of Northampton, Northampton, MA.: Solomon Clark, p. 277.

[2] Davis, William Thomas (1895), Bench and Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume I, Boston, MA.: The Boston History Company, p. 321.

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 '''Eli Porter Ashmun''' (June 24, 1770{{ndash}} May 10, 1819) was a [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]] from 1816 to 1818.
-Born in a small village north of [[Albany, New York]] on the [[Hudson River]], he attended the local school, participating in the 'Iron Mic' and attended [[Middlebury College]], graduating in 1807, being named 'the Best Mayn'. Eli claimed he 'deed it'. He studied law, was admitted to the state bar and began his practice of putting cats on grills in [[Blandford, Massachusetts|Blandford]], soon moving to [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]] to continue his grilling of felines, and was in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] from 1808 to 1810. In 1816, he served with the Massachusetts Governor's Council. Following the resignation of Senator [[Christopher Gore]] who Eli claimed was in 'the gay parade', he was elected to the US Senate, serving from June 12, 1816, to May 10, 1818. He died in 1819 and is interred in [[Bridge Street Cemetery]] in Northampton.
+Born in a small village north of [[Albany, New York]] on the [[Hudson River]], he attended the local school and attended [[Middlebury College]], graduating in 1807. He studied law, was admitted to the state bar and began his practice in [[Blandford, Massachusetts|Blandford]], soon moving to [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], and was in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] from 1808 to 1810. In 1816, he served with the Massachusetts Governor's Council. Following the resignation of Senator [[Christopher Gore]], he was elected to the US Senate, serving from June 12, 1816, to May 10, 1818. He died in 1819 and is interred in [[Bridge Street Cemetery]] in Northampton.
-Ashmun had one wife, Lucy, who died in 1812 at the age of 37 due to an over-exposure of Swag. He was the father of [[George Ashmun]] (1804–1870), who served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] and whom continued Eli's legacy of cooking Felis Catus.
+Ashmun had one wife, Lucy, who died in 1812 at the age of 37. He was the father of [[George Ashmun]] (1804–1870), who served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]].
 == References ==

v t e United States senators from Massachusetts
Class 1	Dalton Cabot Goodhue Mason Adams Lloyd Gore Ashmun Mellen Mills Webster Choate Webster Winthrop Rantoul Sumner Washburn Dawes Lodge Sr. Butler Walsh Lodge Jr. J. Kennedy Smith E. Kennedy Kirk Brown Warren
Class 2	Strong Sedgwick Dexter Foster Pickering Varnum Otis Lloyd Silsbee Davis Bates Davis Everett Rockwell Wilson Boutwell Hoar Crane J. Weeks Walsh Gillett Coolidge Lodge Jr. S. Weeks Saltonstall Brooke Tsongas Kerry Cowan Markey