Charles Albert Floyd (1791 – February 20, 1873) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1841 to 1843.

Biography

Born in Smithtown, New York, Charles A. Floyd attended the common schools. He engaged in

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pursuits. He served as Suffolk County clerk in 1820 and 1821. He then studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He served as

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in 1830 and served as member of the

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in 1836 and 1838. He served as president of the board of trustees of Huntington from 1837–1840.

Congress

Floyd was elected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843).

Later career and death

After his term in the House of Representatives, he became county judge of Suffolk County and

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of Huntington 1843–1865. He resumed agricultural pursuits. Floyd was elected Master o
Suffolk Masonic Lodge No. 60
in Port Jefferson, New York five times (1818–20, 1824–25), and a founding member of Jephtha Masonic Lodge No. 494 in

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in 1860. Floyd was a founding member of the reorganized Suffolk No 401 in Port Jefferson in 1856 and was elected Jephtha’s first Secretary. The son of John Floyd, a member from Long Island’s first masonic lodge Huntington No. 26 A.Y.M., and charter member of Suffolk No 60 in 1796. He died in Commack,

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on February 20, 1873. He was interred in the Methodist Church Cemetery.

References

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