Jacob Tyson (October 8, 1773July 16, 1848) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Tyson attended public school in his youth. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law. He was Supervisor of the Town of Castleton, Staten Island from 1811 to 1821. He was First Judge of the Richmond County Court from 1822 to 1840. Tyson was elected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825. He was a member of the

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. He was buried at the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Cemetery in Port Richmond, Staten Island.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 127, 146 and 364; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyson, Jacob 1773 births 1848 deaths New York (state) state senators Politicians from Staten Island Town supervisors in New York (state) New York state court judges Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives