Townsend D. Cock
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Townsend Daniel Cock (December 3, 1838 – June 19, 1913) was an American farmer, banker and politician from New York.
Life
He was born and died on the family farm in Locust Valley, then in Queens County, now in Nassau County, New York. He attended the common schools, and then looked after the family farm. In 1858, he married Jane Deall Latting. Later he was President of the Oyster Bay Bank.
He was Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay for several terms beginning in 1867.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) in 1872 and 1873; and of the New York State Assembly (Queens Co., 1st D.) in 1876, 1881 and 1882.
Sources
- [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924064122793/cu31924064122793_djvu.txt Life Sketches of Executive Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York] by William H. McElroy & Alexander McBride (1873; pg. 63ff) [e-book]
- [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/06/20/100271292.pdf Townsend Daniel Cock] in NYT on June 20, 1913
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| before = Samuel H. Frost
| title = New York State Senate
1st District
| years = 1872–1873
| after = John A. King
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| title = New York State Assembly
Queens County, 1st District
| before = L. Bradford Prince
| years = 1876
| after = Elbert Floyd-Jones
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| title = New York State Assembly
Queens County, 1st District
| before = William J. Youngs
| years = 1881–1882
| after = Louis K. Church
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Category:Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Category:People from Locust Valley, New York
Category:Town supervisors in New York (state)
Category:Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:19th-century American businesspeople
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature