Nicoll Halsey

Nicoll Halsey (born March 8, 1782 in Southampton , New York , † March 3, 1865 in Marshall , Michigan ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives . Congressman Silas Halsey was his father and Congressman Jehiel H. Halsey was his brother.

Career

Nicoll Halsey was born in Southampton, Suffolk County during the Revolutionary War . The family moved to Herkimer County in 1793 , where they settled in what is now the Town of Lodi in Seneca County . There he attended community schools. In 1808 he moved to Tompkins County and settled at Trumansburg . He worked in agriculture and ran a mill. In 1812, 1814, 1815, 1818, 1821 and 1826 he held the post as supervisor in Ulysses . He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1816 and 1824 . Between 1819 and 1821 he was a sheriff in Tompkins County. Politically, he belonged to the Jacksonian faction.

In the congressional elections of 1832 for the 23rd Congress he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 22nd constituency of New York , where he succeeded Edward C. Reed on March 4, 1833 . Since he on a run again in 1834 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1835 Congress of.

On February 11, 1834, he was appointed judge of the Tompkins County Court . He ran the mill again. He died on March 3, 1865 while visiting Marshall, Calhoun County, and was then buried in Grove Cemetery in Trumansburg.

Web links

• Nicoll Halsey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nicoll Halsey in the database of Find a Grave (English)