Mark Spencer (New York politician)

Mark Spencer (July 5, 1787 – January 28, 1859) was an American merchant and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Mark Spencer (1738–1815) and Huldah Parmelee (Collins) Spencer.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (5th D.) from 1854 to 1857, sitting in the 77th, 78th, 79th and 80th New York State Legislatures. On January 24, 1857, he was elected President pro tempore of the State Senate.

[https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA137 The New York Civil List] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 137 and 145; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
[https://books.google.com/books?id=_pYuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61 Pen and Ink Portraits of the Senators, Assemblymen, and State Officers of New York] by G. W. Bungay (1857; pg. 61)
[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1859/02/04/78884421.pdf LAW REPORTS; SURROGATE's COURT; WILLS OFFERED FOR PROBATE] in NYT on February 4, 1859
[http://records.ancestry.com/Mark_Spencer_records.ashx?pid=10386825 Mark Spencer] at Ancestry.com

{{succession box | before = James W. Beekman | title = New York State Senate
5th District | years = 1854–1857 | after = Smith Ely, Jr.}}