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In 1894, Cheney, as a private banker, was sued by multiple people for embezzlement. In March 1894, Cheney confessed in probate court to double selling a mortgage to a mentally incapable widow whom he was guardian over.
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After the Civil War, Cheney was engaged in a number of businesses, including insurance and real estate. By 1869, Cheney was working as a beekeeper. By 1876, Cheney had served in the local political offices of
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After three years of illness, Cheney died on
January 9, 1927, in his Sparta home. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Sparta on January 12.
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as quartermaster sergeant. He was promoted to second lieutenant in 1864. On March 19, 1865, he was severely wounded in
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while commanding
Company B. He returned to duty after his recovery. He was mustered out on June 8, 1865.
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Cheney married
Emmogene Hinman on December 2, 1869, in Sparta. In 1899, Cheney was suspended from the
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Transactions of the Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons, of the State of Michigan
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225:(October 27, 1841 – January 9, 1927) was an American politician.
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Republican Party members of the
Michigan House of Representatives
304:. The same year, Cheney was nominated by the Prohbitionists for
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before serving as a minister in Ohio, and his mother was from
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to parents Abner J. and Sarah Cheney. His father was born in
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On
September 4, 1862, Cheney voluntarily enlisted in the
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and town treasurer. In 1876, Cheney was elected to the
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As a
Republican, Cheney was a strong advocate of the
233:Amherst B. Cheney was born on October 27, 1841, in
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318:board of regents of the University of Michigan
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36:Michigan House of Representatives
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926:People of Michigan in the American Civil War
335:Cheney again ran for the state senate, the
324:, was nominated by the Prohibitionists for
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300:. In 1884, Cheney became a member of the
474:"Legislator Details - Amherst B. Cheney"
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245:. He moved with his father to a farm in
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345:United States House of Representatives
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426:C. C. Chapman & Company (1881).
293:ticket. He was re-elected in 1878.
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951:20th-century Michigan politicians
946:19th-century Michigan politicians
941:20th-century American politicians
283:Michigan House of Representatives
748:Grand Lodge of Michigan (1899).
542:. September 28, 1884. p. 12
429:History of Kent County, Michigan
262:21st Michigan Infantry Regiment
201:21st Michigan Infantry Regiment
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906:People from Huron County, Ohio
886:American justices of the peace
804:. January 11, 1927. p. 12
590:. February 25, 1887. p. 4
308:. In 1886, Cheney ran for the
229:Early life and military career
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774:. January 10, 1927. p. 7
622:. January 25, 1894. p. 3
911:People from Sparta, Michigan
684:. March 21, 1894. p. 1
646:"Charged with Embezzlement"
316:. He was nominated for the
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249:in 1845. Cheney received a
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654:. March 8, 1894. p. 5
510:. July 24, 1886. p. 4
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931:Michigan Prohibitionists
827:Party political offices
766:"Former Legislator Dead"
734:Michigan manual. 1913-14
567:Michigan manual. 1887-88
502:"The Peninsular Canvass"
450:Michigan manual. 1877-78
306:Michigan State Treasurer
341:Michigan's 5th district
253:education. He moved to
339:, in 1910. He ran for
312:seat representing the
298:prohibition of alcohol
285:seat representing the
901:Farmers from Michigan
771:Lansing State Journal
582:"The Prohibitionists"
289:3rd district, on the
189:Years of service
858:Azariah S. Partridge
846:Governor of Michigan
802:The Herald-Palladium
737:. 1913. p. 452.
678:"Confesses to Fraud"
570:. 1887. p. 604.
453:. 1877. p. 659.
279:justice of the peace
936:Burials in Michigan
921:Union Army soldiers
891:American Freemasons
712:Political Graveyard
478:Library of Michigan
402:"Civil War Letters"
16:American politician
798:"Around The State"
619:Detroit Free Press
587:Detroit Free Press
539:Detroit Free Press
507:Detroit Free Press
211:American Civil War
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855:Succeeded by
302:Prohibition Party
223:Amherst B. Cheney
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23:Amherst B. Cheney
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832:Preceded by
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99:October 27, 1841
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84:Personal details
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65:Edward L. Briggs
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138:affiliations
114:(1927-01-09)
102:Ripley, Ohio
71:Succeeded by
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44:3rd district
881:1927 deaths
876:1841 births
842:Prohibition
808:October 18,
778:October 18,
717:October 18,
688:October 18,
658:October 18,
626:October 18,
594:October 18,
546:October 18,
534:"Political"
514:October 18,
483:October 18,
408:October 18,
287:Kent County
180:U.S. Army (
130:Prohibition
61:Preceded by
42:Kent County
870:Categories
379:References
365:Freemasons
291:Republican
182:Union Army
142:Republican
95:1841-10-27
257:in 1858.
192:1862–1865
55:1877–1880
51:In office
40:from the
708:"Cheney"
326:governor
243:New York
343:in the
239:Vermont
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272:Career
149:Spouse
121:, U.S.
104:, U.S.
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