# John Crary

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'''John Crary''' (July 10, 1770 - May 18, 1848) was an American politician from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).

==Life==
Born in [Hoosick Falls, New York](/source/Hoosick_Falls%2C_New_York) on July 10, 1770, he studied law and became an attorney in [Salem, New York](/source/Salem%2C_New_York).<ref>{{cite book |last1= Daniels|first1= Alsace Lorraine |last2= Crary |first2= Hazel Vern |date=1967 |title=John Crary of Boston and Descendants, 1660-1967: A Genealogical Study |url=https://archive.org/stream/johncraryofbosto00dani#page/6/mode/2up/search/salem |location=Chicago |publisher=Adams Press |page=7 }}</ref>

From 1808 to 1809 he served as Clerk of [Washington County](/source/Washington_County%2C_New_York).  He was a member of the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) (Washington Co.) in [1824](/source/47th_New_York_State_Legislature).

He was a member of the [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate) (4th D.) from 1825 to 1828, sitting in the [48th](/source/48th_New_York_State_Legislature), [49th](/source/49th_New_York_State_Legislature), [50th](/source/50th_New_York_State_Legislature) and [51st New York State Legislature](/source/51st_New_York_State_Legislature)s.

In [1828](/source/New_York_gubernatorial_election%2C_1828), Crary ran on the [Anti-Masonic](/source/Anti-Masonic_Party) ticket for [Lieutenant Governor of New York](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_York), but was defeated by Democrat [Enos T. Throop](/source/Enos_T._Throop).

He died in Salem on May 18, 1848 and was buried at the Revolutionary Cemetery in [Salem, New York](/source/Salem%2C_New_York).

==Sources==
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==External links==
*{{Find a Grave|45282727}}
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA126 ''The New York Civil List''] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 126f, 140, 193, 197 and 272; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

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Category:1780s births
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Category:New York (state) lawyers
Category:People from Salem, New York
Category:New York (state) state senators
Category:Members of the New York State Assembly
Category:New York (state) Democratic-Republicans
Category:Anti-Masonic Party politicians from New York (state)
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature

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