David B. McNeil (1818 in
Essex County, New York
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– April 15, 1897 in
Auburn
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,
Cayuga County, New York
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) was an American politician from
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.
Life
He was the son of Col. David Breakenridge McNeil (born 1787, in
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, District Attorney of Essex County from 1828 to 1833, and Collector of the Port of Plattsburgh during the administration of President
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).
He was an invoice clerk at the Customs House in
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under
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Cornelius P. Van Ness
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and
Cornelius V. W. Lawrence (1844–1849). Afterwards he was for seven years Clerk of
Clinton State Prison. Then he worked in the office of the
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David R. Floyd-Jones
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Early life
A descendant of an old Long Island family, he was born at the family mansion on the Fort Neck estate in South Oyster Bay, New York ( ...
and
Horatio Ballard (1860–1863). He was
Warden
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of
Auburn State Prison
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History
Constructed in 1816 as Auburn Pris ...
from January 1864 to 1865. During his administration, Auburn Prison made a profit of $16,000, whereas during the first year of his successor the prison had a deficit of $40,000. "McNeil came out of office poor. As to his successor in that respect, we leave the matter to general rumor."
''Biographical Sketches of John T. Hoffman and Allen C. Beach: the Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant-governor of the state of New York : also, a record of the events in the lives of Oliver Bascom, David B. McNeil, and Edwin O. Perrin, the other candidates on the same ticket''
by Hiram Calkins & DeWitt Van Buren (1868; pages 108f)
In 1863
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims t ...
, he ran on the Democratic ticket for Inspector of State Prisons but was defeated by James K. Bates. In 1864
Events
January–March
* January 13 – American songwriter Stephen Foster ("Oh! Susanna", "Old Folks at Home") dies aged 37 in New York City, leaving a scrap of paper reading "Dear friends and gentle hearts". His parlor song " ...
, he ran again for Inspector of State Prisons but was defeated by David P. Forrest. In 1868
Events
January–March
* January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries.
* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...
, he ran again, and was elected. He was in office from 1869 to 1871, but was defeated for re-election in 1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
by Thomas Kirkpatrick.
Notes
Sources
''DEATH LIST OF A DAY,;...D. B. McNEIL''
in NYT on April 16, 1897
{{DEFAULTSORT:McNeil, David B.
Politicians from Auburn, New York
People from Essex County, New York
New York State Prison Inspectors
American prison wardens
1818 births
1897 deaths