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David Ellicott Evans

American politician

Field	Value
name	David Ellicott Evans
image	[[File:David Ellicott Evans Monument Apr 11.JPG	200px]]
caption	Tombstone of David E. Evans at Batavia Cemetery in New York
state	New York
district
term_start	March 4, 1827
term_end	May 2, 1827
predecessor	Parmenio Adams
successor	Vacant
birth_date	March 19, 1788
birth_place	Ellicott City, Maryland, U.S.
death_date	May 17, 1850 (aged 62)
death_place	Batavia, New York, U.S.

David Ellicott Evans (March 19, 1788 – May 17, 1850) briefly served as a United States representative from New York in 1827.

Biography

Evans was born in Ellicotts Upper Mills, Maryland. He attended the common schools, moved to New York in 1803 and settled in Batavia. He was employed as a clerk and afterward as an accounting clerk with the Holland Land Company.

Political career

He served as a member of the New York State Senate, and was a member of the council of appointment.

Evans was elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Twentieth Congress and served from March 4, 1827, until his resignation May 2, 1827, before the assembling of Congress.

Later career and death

He was appointed resident agent of the Holland Land Company in 1827 and served until his resignation in 1837. Evans also engaged in banking, was a delegate to the convention held at Albany in 1827 to advocate a protective tariff, and retired from active business pursuits in 1837 to devote his attention to his extensive land interests.

He died in Batavia and was interred in Batavia Cemetery.

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