Emott, James
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born March 14, 1771, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was a distinguished member of the bar; under the old constitution of New York, for several ican Indian and other subjects have gain-years, filled the office of first judge of the ed for him a national reputation as one of the most fluent, dramatic and cultured men on the platform. He has been grand worthy patriarch of the Sons of Temperance of western New York; and grand chaplain of the Independent Order of Good Templars of the state of Ohio.