Background
Stetson, Lemuel was born on March 13, 1804 in Champlain, Clinton County, New York, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Stetson, Lemuel was born on March 13, 1804 in Champlain, Clinton County, New York, United States.
Born in Champlain, Clinton County, Stetson attended the public schools and Plattsburg Academy. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1824 and commenced practice in Keeseville, Essex County.
He was district attorney of Clinton County from 1838 to 1843. He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845. While in the House he was chairman, Committee on District of Columbia.
He moved to Plattsburgh in 1847 and was judge of Clinton County from 1847 to 1851. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1860. He resumed the practice of law and died in Plattsburg in 1868.
Interment in Riverside Cemetery.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1835, 1836, 1842 and 1862. He was a member of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846.
