Tredwell Scudder (January 1, 1778 – October 31, 1834) was a

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Career

Town supervisor of Islip in 1795, 1796, and 1804–1815. He served as member of the State assembly in 1802, 1810, 1811, 1814, and 1815. Scudder was elected as a

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Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1818. He resumed agricultural pursuits. He again served in the State assembly in 1822 and 1828. Her returned as town supervisor of Islip from 1824 to 1833. He died in

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, October 31, 1834. He was interred in that village.

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1778 births 1834 deaths People from Islip (town), New York Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{NewYork-Representative-stub