Suffix |
Sr. |
Birth |
5 Feb 1806 |
Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Education |
1824 |
Clinton, Oneida, NY [2] |
Hamilton College |
Occupation |
Aft 1825 |
Utica, Oneida, NY |
lawyer |
Occupation |
Between 1829 and 1833 |
Utica, Oneida, NY [2] |
clerk and prosecuting attorney |
Misc |
1836 |
Utica, Oneida, NY [2] |
founded the Utica Democrat (later the Observer-Dispatch) |
Elected |
Between 1839 and 1843 |
NY [3] |
a State Assemblyman (Democrat) |
Elected |
Between 1839 and 1843 |
NY [3] |
a United States congressman from the 17th District |
Living |
Aft 1842 |
Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY [2] |
Elected |
1848/9 |
NY [1, 3] |
a State senator, 1st District, |
Elected |
Between 1851 and 1853 |
NY [3] |
a Congressman from the 1st District, |
Misc |
1856 [2] |
joined the Republican Party upon it's formation |
Died |
5 Oct 1881 |
Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY [2, 3] |
Buried |
Mastic (Floyd family cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY [2] |
Notes |
From the U.S. Congress Biographical Directory:
Floyd, John Gelston, (grandson of William Floyd), a Representative from New York; born in Mastic, near Moriches, Long Island, N.Y., February 5, 1806; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1824; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Utica, N.Y.; clerk and prosecuting attorney of Utica, N.Y., 1829-1833; founded the Utica Democrat (later the Observer-Dispatch) in 1836; appointed judge of Suffolk County; member of the State assembly 1839-1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843); returned to Mastic, Long Island, about 1842; member of the State senate in 1848 and 1849; elected to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Thirty-second Congress); joined the Republican Party upon its formation in 1856; retired from public life; died in Mastic, Long Island, N.Y., October 5, 1881; interment in the family cemetery.
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Person ID |
I1613 |
Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets |
Last Modified |
15 May 2005 |