Nicoll Fosdick
{{short description|American politician}}
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| name = Nicoll Fosdick
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| state = New York
| district = 20th
| alongside = {{unbulleted list| Egbert Ten Eyck 1825 | Daniel Hugunin, Jr. 1825-1827}}
| term_start = March 4, 1825
| term_end = March 3, 1827
| predecessor = {{unbulleted list| Egbert Ten Eyck | Ela Collins}}
| successor = {{unbulleted list| Silas Wright, Jr. | Rudolph Bunner}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1785|11|9}}
| birth_place = New London, Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1868|5|7|1785|11|9}}
| death_place = New London, Connecticut, U.S.
| resting_place = Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Connecticut, U.S.
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Nicoll Fosdick (November 9, 1785 in New London, New London County, Connecticut – May 7, 1868 in New London, Connecticut) was an American merchant and politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Nicoll Fosdick (1750–1821) and Abigail (Eldredge) Fosdick (1761–1809). He completed preparatory studies. He removed to Norway, New York and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He was a presidential elector in 1816 and voted for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1818 and 1819.
Fosdick was elected as an Adams man to the 19th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827.
He returned to New London in 1843. He was Collector of Customs at the Port of New London from 1849 to 1853.
He was buried at the Cedar Grove Cemetery in New London.
References
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- [https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA71 The New York Civil List] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 81, 193f, 274, 321, 325; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=HgIPz4OPYNoC&pg=PA649 History of New London, Connecticut] by Francis Caulkins (page 649)
- [http://records.ancestry.com/Nicoll_Fosdick_records.ashx?pid=88811455 Fosdick genealogy] at Ancestry.com
External links
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| state=New York
| district=20
| years= 1825–1827
with Egbert Ten Eyck 1825 and Daniel Hugunin, Jr. 1825-27
| before=Egbert Ten Eyck,
Ela Collins
| after= Silas Wright, Jr.,
Rudolph Bunner
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Category:Politicians from New London, Connecticut
Category:1816 United States presidential electors
Category:Members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Politicians from Herkimer County, New York
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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