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D. S. Brown</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/siaca-siewert.html#042.60.91">Daniel E. Sickles</a>, New York - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trelease-trimarchi.html#146.66.83">Lyman Tremain</a> <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/prince.html#315.06.29">L. Bradford Prince</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#884.66.21">Alfred Wagstaff, Jr.</a> <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#058.88.15">Archibald M. Bliss</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godard-goder.html#059.83.98">Charles W. Godard</a> <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reesor-reeve.html#948.73.35">J. Reeve</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vanche-vandewater.html#391.41.09">Joshua M. Van Cott</a> <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/a-abbot.html#482.52.22">Joshua G. Abbe</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fite-fitzgarrald.html#231.84.69">F. J. Fithian</a> <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culver.html#705.91.66">Erastus D. Culver</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grimke-grissom.html#217.08.50">Moses H. Grinnell</a>, New York <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laws-lawyer.html#887.40.44">John D. Lawson</a>, New York - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spencer.html#662.25.71">Charles S. Spencer</a>, New York <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ashlock-athelston.html#705.64.09">W. T. Ashman</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#674.74.47">John Cochrane</a>, New York <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otjen-overstolz.html#527.48.91">John D. Ottiwell</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stewart9.html#679.21.68">William R. Stewart</a>, New York <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#194.15.28">Charles H. Cooper</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culver.html#632.15.28">James W. Culver</a> <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dentlinger-derousse.html#266.79.92">Chauncey M. Depew</a>, Peekskill - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#511.45.87">Hezekiah D. Robertson</a> <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark4.html#903.88.33">George Clark</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#735.59.88">Henry R. Low</a> <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carpenter-carper.html#108.78.62">B. Platt Carpenter</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#833.85.24">Jacob W. Hoysradt</a>, Hudson <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king7.html#031.19.55">Rufus H. King</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#422.49.09">George H. Sharp</a> <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harris4.html#272.77.20">Hamilton Harris</a>, Albany - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mills.html#740.87.51">Borden H. Mills</a> <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barc-barhite.html#337.27.65">Alexander Barclay</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harvie-hasenfratz.html#141.46.11">Robert M. Hasbrouck</a> <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#178.79.54">William W. Rockwell</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers3.html#027.04.19">Eli W. Rogers</a> <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilliam-gillon.html#802.37.55">William Gillis</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html#726.97.22">Calvin T. Hulburd</a>, Brasher Falls <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sewell-seyler.html#243.55.24">Seymour Sexton</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/youngblood-yulee.html#939.02.61">Truman G. Younglove</a>, Saratoga County <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#623.68.64">E. Blakely</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingsley.html#426.07.57">Lewis Kingsley</a> <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dewey.html#830.54.10">William Dewey</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/livingston.html#505.86.99">E. B. Livingston</a> <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson4.html#251.33.65">George B. Anderson</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#767.93.77">Ellis H. Roberts</a> <li>22nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowen.html#066.45.09">Benjamin E. Bowen</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cameron.html#495.84.48">Deloss W. Cameron</a> <li>23rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dudly-duffield.html#416.18.19">R. Holland Duell</a>, Cortland - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hipke-hisson.html#121.40.23">Frank Hiscock</a> <li>24th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker1.html#920.96.59">A. D. Baker</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowler.html#161.64.42">John S. Fowler</a>, Auburn <li>25th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#346.33.64">Peter S. Bonesteel</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emest-engle.html#785.46.48">Isaac L. Endress</a> <li>26th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chastain-chenet.html#574.74.51">Thomas I. Chatfield</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duvall-dworzanski.html#724.20.96">Jeremiah W. Dwight</a> <li>27th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caldwell.html#614.67.80">Luther Caldwell</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayt-hayward.html#755.33.14">Stephen T. Hayt</a>, Corning <li>28th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pitts.html#730.00.27">Edmund L. Pitts</a>, Medina - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcoxon-wiles.html#854.32.90">A. Carter Wilder</a>, Rochester <li>29th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brayman-breckenridge.html#584.39.91">Andrew W. Brazee</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fisher.html#292.41.10">John Fisher</a>, Batavia <li>30th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bass.html#651.84.71">Lyman K. Bass</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/james.html#138.12.73">Fred H. James</a> <li>31st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barie-barker.html#826.16.29">George Barker</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones7.html#436.80.38">Patrick H. Jones</a> </ul> Alternates (may be incomplete!) <ul> <li>At-Large: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#288.10.46">John Allen, Jr.</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell9.html#980.96.62">William W. Campbell</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robertson.html#076.20.91">Gilbert Robertson, Jr.</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams5.html#814.60.03">John E. Williams</a> <li>1st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith8.html#570.96.40">Samuel Smith</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilcox.html#218.31.25">Albert O. Wilcox</a> <li>2nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burket-burnet.html#024.25.34">William H. Burleigh</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#204.55.63">James A. Van Brunt</a> <li>3rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hodges.html#971.58.69">Andrew B. Hodges</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowrey-lowrie.html#642.56.97">Charles J. Lowrie</a> <li>4th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingsley.html#431.84.67">Nathan Kingsley, Sr.</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#544.37.02">James Winterbottom</a>, New York <li>5th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellery.html#670.73.94">Joseph F. Ellery</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/muller-mumper.html#320.72.97">Thomas Mulligan</a> <li>6th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#371.08.28">Jacob L. Dodge</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#257.14.48">George F. Merklee</a> <li>7th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayworth-heacock.html#777.84.84">Simon Hazleton</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knapp.html#498.17.78">Stephen H. Knapp</a> <li>8th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed3.html#255.36.46">E. Harrison Reed</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webber.html#837.66.79">John Webber</a> <li>9th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#070.94.71">Wilson Berryman</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson5.html#775.40.43">Jotham Wilson, Sr.</a> <li>10th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilliam-gillon.html#011.57.52">Charles J. Gillis</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hall5.html#146.95.97">J. F. Hall</a> <li>11th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweet.html#411.00.31">Halstead Sweet</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallach-walser.html#145.89.80">John Waller, Jr.</a>, Monticello <li>12th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eastman.html#078.50.13">Harvey G. Eastman</a>, Poughkeepsie - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washmon-waterlander.html#182.77.56">Ezra Waterbury</a> <li>13th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brockson-bronrott.html#105.16.64">John B. Bronk</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leech-lehlbach.html#394.35.52">Jacob LeFever</a>, New Paltz <li>14th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doi-donahower.html#255.67.52">Weidman Dominick</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weclew-weekes.html#454.29.03">William G. Weed</a> <li>15th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bathgate-battistoni.html#272.14.16">Joseph F. Battershall</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potter.html#662.14.25">Joseph Potter</a> <li>16th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/califano-callaghan.html#596.21.91">William E. Calkins</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/w-waddy.html#051.09.85">Robert Waddell</a> <li>17th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown9.html#543.75.94">William C. Brown</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#138.39.12">Henry A. Paddock</a> <li>18th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoffman.html#021.77.17">Abram Hoffman</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/standiford-stanislaus.html#263.43.83">Charles Stanford</a>, Schenectady <li>19th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffin.html#528.05.11">Matthew Griffin</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/judge-jyles.html#718.49.43">Frederick Juliand</a> <li>20th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell1.html#020.64.30">Allen Campbell</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faye-fehr.html#314.36.82">James Feeter</a> <li>21st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/costello.html#496.85.16">Patrick C. Costello</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#551.39.79">Charles M. Scholefield</a> <li>22nd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mann.html#315.75.53">John H. Mann</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merchant-mereaux.html#490.33.55">Joseph W. Merchant</a> <li>23rd District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hannaford-hanscom.html#353.93.69">E. Hannon</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heyburn-hickerson.html#248.37.40">David Hibbard</a> <li>24th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holten-hook.html#138.94.14">Simeon Holton</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#688.63.09">Theron G. Yeomans</a> <li>25th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/durkee-duval.html#902.83.35">George B. Dusenbury</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelm-kemmer.html#730.14.78">William Henry Kelsey</a> <li>26th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornell.html#332.44.23">Alonzo B. Cornell</a>, Ithaca - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smyth.html#747.21.59">William Smyth</a>, Owego <li>27th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler5.html#440.04.20">John H. Butler</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson2.html#225.00.23">Charles D. Robinson</a> <li>28th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berry.html#156.17.25">John Berry</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kingsley.html#004.56.73">Daniel Kingsley</a> <li>29th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cord-corneliusen.html#567.77.35">Thomas Corlett</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#402.19.04">James Low</a> <li>30th District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fendall-fent.html#059.08.24">Seth Fenner</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holloway.html#010.89.24">Isaac Holloway</a> <li>31st District: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norton.html#743.61.63">C. L. Norton</a> - <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/valerius-vancamp.html#519.20.37">Henry Van Aernam</a>, Franklinville </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. 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