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Senate Years of Service: 1829-1833 Party: Jacksonian
DUDLEY, Charles Edward, a Senator from New York; born in Johnston Hall, Staffordshire, England, May
23, 1780; immigrated to the United States with his mother, who settled in Newport, R.I., in
1794; entered a counting room as clerk; moved to Albany, N.Y., where he engaged in the
mercantile business; member of the State senate 1820-1825; mayor of Albany 1821-1824,
1828-1829; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Martin Van Buren and served from January 15, 1829, to March 3, 1833; became interested in
astronomical science; died in Albany, N.Y., January 23, 1841; interment in the Rural
Cemetery.
BibliographyDictionary of American Biography.
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