L. Harris Hiscock
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = L. Harris Hiscock
|image = Luther Harris Hiscock.jpg
|caption = Digital Images Collection, New York Public Library
|office1 = Member of the New York State Assembly from Onondaga County's 2nd District
|term_start1 = 1865
|term_end1 = 1867
|predecessor1 = Thomas G. Alvord
|successor1 = Luke Ranney
|office2 = Judge of the Onondaga County Surrogate's Court
|term_start2 = 1852
|term_end2 = 1856
|predecessor2 = Isaac T. Minard
|successor2 = Amasa H. Jerome
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1824|05|02}}
|birth_place = Pompey, New York, US
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1867|06|04|1825|05|02}}
|death_place = Albany, New York, US
|resting_place = Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York
|occupation = Attorney
|party = Democratic (before 1861)
Republican (from 1861)
|spouse = Lucy Bridgman
|children = 2, including Frank H. Hiscock
|relations = Frank Hiscock (brother)
}}
Luther Harris Hitchcock (May 2, 1824 – June 4, 1867) was a New York attorney, judge, and legislator. He was murdered by George W. Cole, a major general in the American Civil War and brother of Cornelius Cole.
Biography
Known as L. Harris Hiscock, he was born in Pompey, New York on May 2, 1824.{{cite book |last=Chandler |first=George |date=1883 |title=The Chandler Family |url=https://archive.org/details/chandlerfamilyde03chan |location=Worcester, MA |publisher=The Press of Charles Hamilton |page=[https://archive.org/details/chandlerfamilyde03chan/page/862 862]}} He taught school while studying law with Daniel Gott, and served as Pompey's School Superintendent from 1845 to 1847.{{cite book |last1=Harlow |first1=S. R. |last2=Boone |first2=H. H. |date=1867 |title=Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly of the State of New York, in 1867 |url=https://archive.org/details/lifesketchessta00boongoog |location=Albany, NY |publisher=Weed, Parsons and Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifesketchessta00boongoog/page/n271 266]}}
In 1848, he began to practice law in Tully. From 1849 to 1851, he was Pompey's Justice of the Peace.{{cite book |last=Asher |first=Robert |date=2005 |title=Murder on Trial: 1620–2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SuKuDwheYwgC&q=%22hiscock%22+%22tully%22+%22town+supervisor%22&pg=PA208|location=Albany, NY |publisher=State University of New York Press |page=208 |isbn=978-0-7914-6377-2}}
Hiscock later moved to Syracuse, and in 1855, he founded with his brother Frank the law firm known today as Hiscock and Barclay.{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.ny.us/mayorDocs/2/Hiscock%20and%20Barclay%20150th.%2010-20-05.pdf |title=Resolution: 150th Anniversary of Hiscock & Barclay Community Recognition Day |last1=Driscoll |first1=Michael, Mayor |date=October 19, 2005 |website=syrgov.net |publisher=City of Syracuse, New York}} L. Harris Hiscock was prominent in Democratic politics and served as Onondaga County Surrogate Judge from 1852 to 1856.{{cite book |last=Hutchins |first=S. C. |date=1868 |title=Civil List and Forms of Government of the Colony and State of New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yyEOAAAAQAAJ&q=%22l+harris+hiscock%22+%22judge%22+%22surrogate%22&pg=PA431 |location=Albany, NY |publisher=Weed, Parsons and Company |page=431}}
In 1865, by now a Republican as a result of his pro-Union position during the American Civil War, Harris was elected to the New York State Assembly, and he served until his death.{{cite book |last=New York State Assembly |date=1867 |title=Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FyUwAQAAMAAJ&q=%22l+harris+hiscock%22+assembly&pg=PA4 |location=Albany, NY |publisher=C. Van Benthuysen & Sons |page=4}}
While in Albany as a delegate to the state constitutional convention, Hiscock was murdered on June 4, 1867, by George W. Cole, a major general in the Union Army who accused Hiscock of having an affair with Mrs. Cole.{{cite web |url=http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/46613 |title=In Albany, Civil War general murders well-known lawyer and member of the New York Constitutional Convention |last=Osborne |first=John |website=House Divided: The Civil War Search Engine |publisher=Dickinson College |location= Carlisle, PA |access-date=May 2, 2021}}{{cite news |date=June 5, 1867 |title=Terrible Tragedy In Albany |url=https://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/667329 |work=New York Herald |location=New York, NY |page=3 |via=Rare Newspapers.com}} Cole was acquitted at his 1868 trial on the grounds of "momentary insanity."{{cite book |last=Werner |first=Edgar A. |date=1884 |title=Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York |url=https://archive.org/details/civillistandcon00unkngoog |location=Albany, NY |publisher=Weed, Parsons, and Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/civillistandcon00unkngoog/page/n154 132]}}{{cite book |last=Hallas |first=Herbert C. |date=2013 |title=William Almon Wheeler: Political Star of the North Country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wan-AAAAQBAJ&q=%22l+harris+hiscock%22+cole+murdered&pg=PA88 |location=Albany, NY |publisher=State University of New York Press |page=88 |isbn=9781438448121 }}
Hiscock was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.{{cite magazine |editor1-last=Greenhagen |editor1-first=Sue |date=Spring 2018 |title=Oakwood All-Star: Helen Cornelia Hiscock Backus |url=https://hocpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Spring-2018.pdf |magazine=Grave Matters |location=Syracuse, NY |publisher=Historic Oakwood Cemetery Preservation Association |page=6 |quote="She was born in Tully on 28 May 1852, the oldest child of Luther Harris Hiscock and Lucy Bridgman Hiscock." ... "Helen Cornelia Hiscock Backus died on 8 January 1906, and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery (Section 3, Lot 1) with her parents and her husband."}}{{cite magazine |last=Anonymous Syracuse Rotarian |date=May 6, 2016 |title=Scene & Herd ~ Reboot: A Recap of 4/29 |url=http://www.syracuserotary.org/assets/2016-05-06_final.pdf |magazine=Rotary Press |location=Syracuse, NY |publisher=The Rotary Club of Syracuse |pages=1–2}}
Family
L. Harris Hiscock was the brother and law partner of U.S. Senator Frank Hiscock.{{cite book |last=Publication Committee |date=1875 |title= Reunion of the Sons and Daughters of the Old Town of Pompey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TkAtFiV7q9IC&q=%22l.+harris+hiscock%22+%22frank+hiscock%22&pg=PA410 |location=Syracuse, NY |publisher=Courier Printing Company |page=410}} He was married to Lucy Bridgman (1828–1861).{{cite web |url=http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/legal-history-new-york/luminaries-court-appeals/hiscock-frank.html |title=Biography: Frank Harris Hiscock (1856–1946) |website=Biographies: Judges of the New York Court of Appeals |publisher=Historical Society of the New York Courts |access-date=April 5, 2015}} They were the parents of two children, including Judge Frank H. Hiscock.
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