List of United States Political Families (S) - The Spencers

The Spencers

• Ambrose Spencer (1765–1848), City Clerk of Hudson, New York 1786-1793, New York Assemblyman 1793-1795, New York State Senator 1795-1804, Assistant Attorney General of New York 1796, Attorney General of New York 1802-1804, Justice of the New York Supreme Court 1804-1819, Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court 1819-1823, U.S. Representative from New York 1829-1831, Mayor of Albany, New York 1824-1826; President of the Whig National Convention 1844. Father of John C. Spencer.
  • John C. Spencer (1788–1855), Postmaster of Canandaigua, New York 1814; Assistant Attorney General 1815; U.S. Representative from New York 1817-1819; candidate for U.S. Senate from New York 1818; New York Assemblyman 1820-1822; New York State Senator 1824-1828; U.S. Secretary of War 1841-1843; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1843-1844. Son of Ambrose Spencer.

NOTE: Ambrose Spencer was also brother-in-law of U.S. Senator De Witt Clinton.