David Rumsey (December 25, 1810 – March 12, 1883) was a

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from

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. Born in Salem, Washington County, he attended school at

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and Geneva College (now Hobart College) at

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in

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. He was

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of Steuben County from 1840 to 1844 and held many local offices. Rumsey was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1851. He was a delegate to the

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in 1867 and was a member of the commission to propose amendments to the State constitution in 1872. In 1873 he appointed as an associate justice of the

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to fill a vacancy and was elected to the same office in the fall of that year. In 1883, Rumsey died in Bath; interment was in a private cemetery on the Rumsey place. His home at Bath, known as the

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, was listed on the

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in 1983.

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1810 births 1883 deaths People from Salem, New York People from Bath, New York New York (state) state court judges Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American judges {{NewYork-Representative-stub