U.S.
Senator Abijah Gilbert (R-Florida)
Abijah Gilbert (June 18,
1806 - November 23, 1881) was a United States Senator from Florida
.
Born in
Gilbertsville,
New York
, Gilbert attended Gilbertsville Academy and
graduated from Hamilton College
(Clinton, New
York
) in 1822. He spent 1822 to 1850 engaged in
mercantile pursuits in New York City
before moving to St. Augustine, Florida
in 1865.
An early advocate of
abolitionism,
Gilbert was a strong supporter of the
Whig Party and later the
Republican Party. He was
elected to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate as a Republican and
served from 1869 to 1875 as part of the
Reconstruction
effort.
Gilbert retired from business and political life after his Senate
term ended while continuing to live in St. Augustine. He moved back
to Gilbertsville, New York shortly before his death in 1881.
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