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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkJoshua SANDS
(1757-1835)
SANDS, Joshua, a
Representative from New York; born in Cow Neck (now Sands Point),
Queens County, Long Island, N.Y., October 12, 1757; received a
limited schooling; served as captain in the American Army during
the Revolutionary War; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of
the state senate 1792-1799; collector of customs at the port of New
York in 1797; elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress (March
4, 1803-March 3, 1805); was not a candidate for renomination;
president of the board of trustees of the village of Brooklyn in
1824; elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress
(March 4, 1825-March 3, 1827); died in Brooklyn, N.Y., September
13, 1835; interment in St. Paul’s Church Cemetery,
Eastchester, N.Y.; reinterment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn,
N.Y., in 1852.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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