Amos Parmalee Catlin was a California State Legislator and was instrumental in Sacramento becoming the capital of the State of California.
Catlin was born in Red Hook, New York to Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Catlin. His early education was in a private school in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the Kingston Academy in Ulster County, New York. As a student, in 1841, he studied law in the office of Forsyth amp Lindermau in Kingston, New York. In 1844, he was admitted to the bar of the New York Supreme Court. For four years, Catlin practiced law in New York.
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