Frank Hiscock (September 6, 1834June 18, 1914) was an American lawyer and politician who served as both a

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and a

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from

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. In total, he served New York in the

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from 1877 to 1893.

Early life

Hiscock was born in

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, September 6, 1834. He graduated from Pompey Academy and studied law with his brother L. Harris Hiscock. He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Tully,

. L. Harris Hiscock and Frank Hiscock were founders of the Syracuse firm currently known as Hiscock & Barclay.

Political career

In addition to practicing law, Hiscock became involved in politics, initially as an anti-slavery Democrat, and then as a member of the

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. Hiscock became a Republican when the party was founded in the 1850s, and served as

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of Onondaga County from 1860 to 1863. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1867, elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother. In 1872 Hiscock supported Liberal Republican nominee

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for President, and in 1876 he was a delegate to the

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U.S. House of Representatives

He was elected as a representative to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1887. He was chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations in the ( Forty-seventh Congress). He was reelected in 1886 for the term starting March 4, 1887, but resigned in order to accept the U.S. Senate seat to which he had been elected in January, 1887.

U.S. Senate

Hiscock was elected to the

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by the

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, defeating incumbent Warner Miller and

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in the Republican caucus and Democrat Smith M. Weed in the vote of the full legislature. Hiscock served from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1893, and was chairman of the Committee on Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of Executive Departments ( Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses). Hiscock was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. After leaving the Senate, he resumed the practice of law in Syracuse.

Death and burial

He died in Syracuse on June 18, 1914, of

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. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

Family

On November 23, 1859, Hiscock married Cornelia King (1837-1908), and their children included sons Albert King Hiscock (1861-1908) and Fidelio King Hiscock (1869-1917). Frank Hiscock and his wife also raised their nephew Frank H. Hiscock following the death of his father L. Harris Hiscock.

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