1821-1865
Adoniram Judson Kneeland
Public Servant Cortland County NY
Again I acknowledge the good research of Andy Osterdahl at “The Strangest Names in American Political History” for snippets about this next entry. We wish we knew more.
Adoniram Judson Kneeland served a brief term in the New York State Assembly during the mid-1880s. This mysterious man was born in the town of Marcellus, New York on May 5, 1821, the son of Amasa and Charlotte Kneeland. Adoniram studied law in Albany, New York, and earned his law degree in 1848. In 1883 he was elected to the New York State Assembly from Cortland County, officially taking his seat in 1885. Kneeland’s tenure in the Assembly was brief, as he died later that year on August 15 in the town of Homer, New York, and was (presumably) buried there.[1}
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[1] https://politicalstrangenames.blogspot.com/search?q=adoniram+judson