Joseph Mullin

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =

| image = Joseph Mullin (1811-1882).jpg

| office =

| state = New York

| district = 19th

| term_start = March 4, 1847

| term_end = March 3, 1849

| predecessor = Orville Hungerford

| successor = Charles E. Clarke

| birth_date = {{birth date|1811|08|06}}

| birth_place = Dromore, County Down, Ireland, U.K.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1882|05|17|1811|08|06}}

| death_place = Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S.

| party = Whig
Republican

| alma_mater = Union College

| parents =

| spouse = {{marriage|Lydia Maria Ten Eyck
|January 29, 1837}}

| children = 5, including Joseph Mullin

| relations = Egbert Ten Eyck (father-in-law)

}}

Joseph Mullin (August 6, 1811{{spnd}}May 17, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.{{cite web |title=MULLIN, Joseph – Biographical Information |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001072 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=June 26, 2018}}

Early life

Mullin was born near Dromore, County Down, Ireland on August 6, 1811. He came to the United States in 1820 with his parents, and they settled in Watertown, New York. He attended Union Academy at Belleville, and graduated from Union College in 1833.

Career

Following his graduation from Union College, he taught school and was Principal of Union Academy, and subsequently taught at Watertown Academy. Then he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837.

Mullin was District Attorney of Jefferson County from 1843 to 1845. He was elected as a Whig to the 30th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1849.{{cite book |last1=Hough |first1=Franklin Benjamin |title=The New York Civil List: Containing the names and origin of the civil divisions, and the names and dates of election or appointment of the principal state and county officers from the Revolution to the present time |date=1858 |publisher=Weed, Parsons and Co. |page=[https://archive.org/details/newyorkcivillis00houggoog/page/n379 351] |url=https://archive.org/details/newyorkcivillis00houggoog |access-date=June 26, 2018 |language=en}} He was President of the Village of Watertown in 1853 and 1854.

In 1855, he ran on the Republican ticket for the New York Court of Appeals, but was defeated by the American Party candidate George F. Comstock.

He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (5th District) from 1858 to 1881, and was ex officio a judge of the Court of Appeals in 1864.{{cite web |last1=New York State Unified Court System |title=Hon. Joseph Mullin {{!}} New York Legal History / Antebellum, Civil War, & Reconstruction: 1847–1869 |url=http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/legal-history-eras-04/history-era-04-mullin.html |website=www.nycourts.gov |publisher=The Historical Society of the New York Courts |access-date=June 26, 2018 |language=en}} He retired from the bench in January 1881.

Personal life

On January 29, 1837, he married Lydia Maria Ten Eyck (1815–1884), a daughter of fellow U.S. Representative Egbert Ten Eyck.{{cite book |last1=Foley |first1=Janet Wethy |title=Early Settlers of New York State: Their Ancestors and Descendants, Volu: Their Ancestors and Descendants, Volumes I-VI (PART II – iv–vi) |date=July 1937 |publisher=Heritage Books |isbn=9780788437120 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTduA7gtMxgC&pg=PA7 |access-date=June 26, 2018 |language=en}} Together, they were the parents of five children:{{cite book |title=Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families |date=2000 |publisher=Heritage Books |isbn=9780788419560 |page=251 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdwNExWb7_QC&pg=PA251 |access-date=June 26, 2018 |language=en}} Anthony Ten Eyck Mullin, Catherine Mullin, Lydia Mullin, Rebecca Ten Eyck Mullin, and Joseph Mullin (1848–1897), who served in the New York State Senate.{{cite news |title=SENATOR MULLIN IS DEAD. Stricken by Heart Disease in His Room in the University Clubhouse. BODY FOUND BY A SERVANT He Was Lying, Almost Fully Dressed, Across the Bed, with His Spectacles On—Watertown's Representative in the Senate Since 1891 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/09/03/105951780.pdf |access-date=June 26, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=September 3, 1897}}

Mullin died on May 17, 1882, in Saratoga Springs, New York. He was buried at the Brookside Cemetery, in Watertown.{{cite news |title=OBITUARY NOTES |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/05/18/96861062.pdf |access-date=June 26, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=May 18, 1882}}