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John Gelston Floyd, Sr.^{[1, 2]}
1806 - 1881

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• 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.
  Person ID	I1613	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	15 May 2005

  
  

  Father	Nicoll Floyd, † >,   b. 4 Oct 1762, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 18 Feb 1852
  Mother	Phoebe Gelston, >,   b. 2 Sep 1771, Southampton, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 13 Jan 1836, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY
  Married	10 Oct 1789
  Family ID	F490	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah Backus Kirkland,   b. 1810, Utica, Oneida, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Katharine Floyd,   b. 21 Jan 1835, Utica, Oneida, NY ,   d. 6 Apr 1886, Mastic, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   2. John Gelston Floyd, Jr.,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Augustus Floyd   4. Sarah Floyd   5. Nicoll Floyd
  Family ID	F491	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] WorldConnect. [S83] Biographical Directory, US Congress, bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp.. [S82] Political Graveyard.