Silas Halsey (October 17, 1743 N.S. – November 19, 1832) was a

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. Born October 6, 1743 (

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) / October 17, 1743 (

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) in

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, he attended the public schools and studied medicine at

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(later Elizabeth.) He returned to Southampton and practiced medicine from 1764 to 1776; he then resided three years in

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during the

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, when he again returned to Southampton. He was undersheriff of Suffolk County from 1784 to 1787, and was

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from 1787 to 1792. He moved to

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in 1793 and settled in what is now the town of Lodi and continued the practice of medicine. He also erected and operated a

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. Halsey was supervisor of the Town of Ovid from 1794 to 1804, and was a member of the

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in 1797 and 1798 and from

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in 1800, 1801, 1803, and 1804. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1801, and was clerk of Seneca County from 1804 to 1813 and in 1815. Halsey was elected as a

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to the Ninth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1805 to March 4, 1807. He was a member of the

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in 1808 and 1809, and engaged in farming. He died at Lodi in 1832; interment was in Old Halsey Cemetery, South Lodi.

Jehiel Howell Halsey Jehiel Howell Halsey (October 7, 1788 – December 5, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. From 1829 to 1831, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Life He was the son of Congressman Silas Halsey. Halse ...

and Nicoll Halsey, both sons of Silas Halsey, were also Representatives from

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