Bennet Bicknell

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| name = Bennet Bicknell

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| state1 = New York

| district1 = 23rd

| term_start1 = {{start date|1837|3|4}}

| term_end1 = {{end date|1839|3|3}}

| preceded1 = William Taylor

| succeeded1 = Nehemiah H. Earll

Edward Rogers

| office2= Member of the New York Senate

| term_start2= {{start date|1814|1|1}}

| term_end2= {{end date|1818|12|31}}

| office3= Member of the New York State Assembly

| term_start3= {{start date|1812|1|1}}

| term_end3= {{end date|1812|12|31}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1781|11|14}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1841|9|15|1781|11|14}}

| birth_place = Mansfield, Connecticut, US

| death_place = Morrisville, New York, US

| spouse = Lucinda Crane Bicknell

| children = 4

| profession = politician

newspaper editor

| party = Democratic Party

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Bennet Bicknell (November 14, 1781 – September 15, 1841) was an American War of 1812 veteran and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1837 to 1839.

Biography

Born in Mansfield, Connecticut, Bicknell attended the public schools. He married Lucinda Crane and they had four children.

Career

Bicknell moved to Morrisville, New York, in 1808, and served in the War of 1812.

= Political career =

He served as member of the New York State Assembly in 1812 and served in the New York State Senate from 1814 to 1818. He served as clerk of Madison County, New York from 1821 to 1825, and was editor of the Madison Observer.

= Congress =

Elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress, Bicknell was United States Representative for the twenty-third district of New York from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1839.{{cite web|title=Bennet Bicknell|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bennet_bicknell/401423|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|accessdate=31 August 2013}} He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress.

Death

Bicknell died in Morrisville, Madison County, New York, on September 15, 1841 (age 59 years, 305 days). He is interred at Morrisville Rural Cemetery.{{cite web|title=Bennet Bicknell|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-buried.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=31 August 2013}}