Background
Sterling, Ansel was born on February 3, 1782 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States.
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Sterling, Ansel was born on February 3, 1782 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States.
Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1805.
He was the brother of Micah Sterling who was a United States Representative from New New York He commenced practice in Salisbury before moving to Sharon in 1808 where he continued the practice of his profession. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and reelected as an Adams-Clay candidate to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1821-March 3, 1825).
After leaving Congress, he resumed legal practice and was the chief justice of the court of common pleas of Litchfield County 1838-1840.
He died in Sharon in 1853 and was buried in Sharon Burying Ground.
Sterling was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1815, 1818–1821, 1825, 1826, 1829, and 1835–1837, and served as clerk of the house in the sessions of 1815 and 1818-1820.