Chauncey Loomis (September 11, 1780 – April 6, 1817,

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) was an American politician from

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Life

Loomis was a member of the

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(Genesee Co.) in

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and

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. He was a member of the

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(Western D.) from 1814 until his death, sitting in the 38th, 39th and

40th New York State Legislature The 40th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from November 5, 1816, to April 15, 1817, during the tenth year of Daniel D. Tompkins's governorship, and while John Tayler was Act ...

s. He died near the end of the session of the Legislature, and was buried at the Presbyterial Burial Ground in Albany.

Sources

''The Annals of Albany''
by Joel Munsell (Vol. 3; page 236)
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 122f, 143, 183f and 288; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) People from Genesee County, New York Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) state senators 1780s births 1817 deaths New York (state) Democratic-Republicans 19th-century American politicians {{NewYork-NYSenate-stub