Edwin Hicks (February 14, 1830

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– November 30, 1902 Canadaigua, Ontario Co., NY) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He attended the common schools and Canandaigua Academy. He began to study law in 1850, was admitted to the bar in 1854, and practiced in Canandaigua. He was District Attorney of Ontario County in 1857; and from 1864 to 1872. He was a member of the

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(26th D.) in

1878 Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: ...

and

1879 Events January * January 1 ** The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. ** Brahms' Violin Concerto is premiered in Leipzig with Joseph Joachim ...

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 542)
''Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York''
compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291)
''The State Government for 1879''
by Charles G. Shanks (Weed, Parsons & Co, Albany NY, 1879; pg. 64)
''DEATH LIST OF A DAY; Edwin Hicks''
in NYT on December 1, 1902 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hicks, Edwin 1830 births 1902 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Canandaigua, New York County district attorneys in New York (state) 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature