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  Floyd, John G.
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NameJohn G. Floyd
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Mastic, New York , United States
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Born February 05, 1806
DiedOctober 05, 1881 (75 years)
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InfoFLOYD, John Gelston, (grandson of William Floyd), a Representative from New York; born in Mastic, near Moriches, Long Island, N.Y., February 5, 1806; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1824; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Utica, N.Y.; clerk and prosecuting attorney of Utica, N.Y., 1829-1833; founded the Utica Democrat (later the Observer-Dispatch) in 1836; appointed judge of Suffolk County; member of the State assembly 1839-1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); returned to Mastic, Long Island, about 1842; member of the State senate in 1848 and 1849; elected to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Thirty-second Congress); joined the Republican Party upon its formation in 1856; retired from public life; died in Mastic, Long Island, N.Y., October 5, 1881; interment in the family cemetery.


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