Moss Kent was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Rensselaer County, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced. He was appointed first judge of Jefferson County about 1795 and moved to Cooperstown. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1799 to 1803 and served in the New York State Assembly in 1807 and 1810.

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  • Moss Kent was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Rensselaer County, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced. He was appointed first judge of Jefferson County about 1795 and moved to Cooperstown. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1799 to 1803 and served in the New York State Assembly in 1807 and 1810. He was appointed judge of Jefferson County on February 26, 1810, and was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses as the representative for the newly created New York's 18th congressional district. He resumed the practice of law and in 1838 died in Plattsburgh; interment was in Riverside Cemetery.
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  • 1813 – 1817
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  • Moss Kent was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Rensselaer County, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced. He was appointed first judge of Jefferson County about 1795 and moved to Cooperstown. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1799 to 1803 and served in the New York State Assembly in 1807 and 1810.
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  • Moss Kent
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