Bennet Bicknell (November 14, 1781 – September 15, 1841) was an American

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veteran and politician who served one term as a

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from New York from 1837 to 1839.

Biography

Born in

Mansfield, Connecticut Mansfield is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 25,892 at the 2020 census. Pequot and Mohegan people lived in this region for centuries before the arrival of English settler-immigrants in the late 17th cen ...

, Bicknell attended the public schools. He married Lucinda Crane and they had four children, Harrison, Julia, Harriet, and James.

Career

Bicknell moved to

Morrisville, New York Morrisville is a village in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 2,199 at the 2010 census. The village is named after its founder, Thomas Morris. The Village of Morrisville in the northwest part of the Town of Eaton on ...

, in 1808, and served in the

Political career

He served as member of the New York State Assembly in 1812 and served in the New York State Senate from 1814 to 1818. He served as clerk of

Madison County, New York Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,016. Its county seat is Wampsville. The county is named after James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, and was fir ...

from 1821 to 1825, and was editor of the Madison Observer.

Congress

Elected as a

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to the

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, Bicknell was United States Representative for the twenty-third district of New York from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1839. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the

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Death

Bicknell died in Morrisville,

, on September 15, 1841 (age 59 years, 305 days). He is

interred Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objec ...

at Morrisville Rural Cemetery.

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