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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkNicoll HALSEY
(1782-1865)
HALSEY, Nicoll, (son of
Silas Halsey and brother of Jehiel Howell Halsey), a Representative
from New York; born in Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island,
N.Y., March 8, 1782; moved to Herkimer County in 1793 with his
parents, who settled in what is now the town of Lodi, Seneca
County; attended the common schools; moved to Tompkins County and
settled near Trumansburg in 1808; engaged in agricultural pursuits
and milling; supervisor for Ulysses in 1812, 1814, 1815, 1818,
1821, and 1826; member of the State assembly in 1816 and again in
1824; sheriff of Tompkins County 1819-1821; elected as a Jacksonian
to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1835); was not
a candidate for renomination in 1834; appointed judge of the
Tompkins County Court on February 11, 1834; resumed the milling
business; died while on a visit in Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich.,
March 3, 1865; interment in Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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