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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: New York Delegation to 1860 Republican National Convention</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Evarts</a>, New York - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king7.html#474.02.16">Preston King</a>, Ogdensburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#420.92.69">John L. Schoolcraft</a>, Albany - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/selden.html#333.81.96">Henry R. Selden</a>, Rochester <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtis.html#092.26.38">George W. Curtis</a>, New York - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/meekins-mellen.html#985.62.27">Robert L. Meeks</a>, Jamaica, Queens <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kent.html#489.66.73">Henry A. Kent</a>, Brooklyn - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stoutenburgh-strang.html#051.04.15">James S. T. Stranahan</a>, Brooklyn <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#713.20.02">John A. Kennedy</a>, New York - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king5.html#959.64.30">John A. King</a>, Jamaica, Queens <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brennan.html#511.41.47">Owen W. Brennan</a>, New York - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawks-hawthorne.html#444.41.31">Robert T. Haws</a>, New York <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/briggs.html#757.62.55">Charles M. Briggs</a>, Williamsburg, Brooklyn - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy8.html#542.04.73">Thomas Murphy</a>, New York <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blais-blake.html#765.02.35">Marshall B. Blake</a>, New York - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinckney.html#472.95.50">Joseph C. Pinckney</a>, New York <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/connors-conquest.html#274.92.28">Daniel D. Conover</a>, New York - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keys-kickham.html#888.40.50">John Keyser</a>, New York <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/noyes.html#101.00.15">W. Curtis Noyes</a>, New York - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nuckles-nyquist.html#651.80.56">James W. Nye</a>, New York <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miller5.html#842.75.87">John G. Miller</a>, Carmel - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter3.html#851.42.94">Edmund J. Porter</a>, New Rochelle <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lucero-ludlam.html#544.71.02">Clinton V. R. Luddington</a>, Monticello - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murray1.html#997.83.70">Ambrose S. Murray</a>, Goshen <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#318.58.34">Peter Crispell, Jr.</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green4.html#427.76.47">Henry Green</a> <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogarth-hogenauer.html#635.41.27">John T. Hogeboom</a>, Claverly - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandyne-vanmeter.html#687.66.74">Albert Van Kleeck</a>, Poughkeepsie <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/freeman.html#841.17.02">Jonathan W. Freeman</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynolds.html#542.84.74">Gideon Reynolds</a>, Troy <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brigham.html#863.29.81">Henry A. Brigham</a>, West Troy - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vandine-vanduzer.html#619.15.46">Henry H. Van Dyck</a>, Albany <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodd.html#192.54.16">Edward Dodd</a>, Argyle - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenck.html#704.13.65">James W. Schenck</a>, Glens Falls <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heathman-hedlund.html#281.77.06">William Hedding</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#352.67.90">Orlando Kellogg</a>, Elizabethtown <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/james.html#325.32.35">Amaziah B. James</a>, Ogdensburg - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#384.67.61">John H. Wooster</a>, Newport <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/churchill.html#289.54.51">Henry Churchill</a>, Gloversville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/horton.html#387.47.08">Thomas R. Horton</a>, Fultonville <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckley.html#300.50.68">Horatio N. Buckley</a>, Delhi - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooke.html#536.62.66">Samuel J. Cooke</a> <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fischman-fishburne.html#720.72.61">Henry H. Fish</a>, Utica - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#771.83.47">Palmer V. Kellogg</a>, Utica <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#372.80.00">Giles W. Hotchkiss</a>, Binghamton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/resa-reynold.html#284.49.28">Benjamin S. Rexford</a>, Norwich <li>22nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#309.29.82">Samuel F. Case</a>, Fulton - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart7.html#867.50.05">Robert Stewart</a>, Chittenango <li>23rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fishman-fister.html#016.20.24">Isaac H. Fiske</a>, Watertown - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter4.html#121.01.47">Hiram Porter</a>, Louisville <li>24th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/greenaway-greenhut.html#379.75.44">D. C. Greenfield</a>, Baldwinsville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith9.html#772.63.65">Vivus W. Smith</a>, Syracuse <li>25th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pomeroy.html#195.61.46">Theodore M. Pomeroy</a>, Auburn - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams1.html#842.36.34">Alexander B. Williams</a>, Lyons <li>26th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latham.html#038.68.97">Obadiah B. Latham</a>, Seneca Falls - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepard.html#898.86.70">Charles C. Shepard</a>, Penn Yan <li>27th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html#084.28.63">George W. Schuyler</a>, Ithaca - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shepard.html#871.41.80">William W. Shepard</a>, Waverly <li>28th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayt-hayward.html#755.33.14">Stephen T. Hayt</a>, Corning - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#393.42.69">William Scott</a>, Geneseo <li>29th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/babcock.html#114.66.22">Alexander Babcock</a>, Rochester - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown2.html#854.03.42">D. D. S. Brown</a> <li>30th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/darling.html#157.48.89">Joshua H. Darling</a>, Warsaw - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kimbark-kinery.html#623.61.68">John H. Kimberly</a>, Batavia <li>31st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis6.html#400.03.94">Noah Davis</a>, Albion - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keene-keister.html#168.95.71">William Keep</a>, Lockport <li>32nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell-cannington.html#590.29.48">Joseph Candee</a>, Buffalo - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvey.html#417.41.48">Alexander W. Harvey</a>, Buffalo <li>33rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kent.html#116.25.29">Alonzo Kent</a>, Ellicottville - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#245.80.48">Dolos E. Sill</a>, Ellicottville </ul> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. 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