Frank Hiscock (September 6, 1834June 18, 1914) was a

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and

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from

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. He served in the

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from 1877 to 1893. Hiscock was a native of

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, and graduated from Pompey Academy. After studying law with his brother L. Harris Hiscock, he was admitted to the bar in 1855 and began to practice in the town of Tully. The Hiscock brothers later relocated to

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, where they founded the firm that became known as Hiscock & Barclay. In addition to their law practice, the Hiscock brothers were active in politics. Frank Hiscock was opposed to slavery, and successively joined the Democratic,

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, and

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parties. He served as

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from 1860 to 1863, and was a delegate to the 1867 state constitutional convention in 1867. In 1872 he was a supporter of the Liberal Republican Party and its nominee for president,

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. In 1876, he was a delegate to the

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. Hiscock was elected to the

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in 1876, and was reelected four times. He served in the House from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1887, and resigned before the start of the term to which he had been reelected in 1886 because he was elected to the

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in January 1887 for the term that started on March 4, 1887. Hiscock served one term, and after it expired on March 3, 1893 he returned to practicing law in Syracuse. Hiscock died in Syracuse on June 18, 1914, and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.

Early life

Hiscock was born in

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, September 6, 1834. He graduated from Pompey Academy and studied law with his brother L. Harris Hiscock. He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Tully,

. L. Harris Hiscock and Frank Hiscock were founders of the Syracuse firm currently known as Hiscock & Barclay.

Career

In addition to practicing law, Hiscock became involved in politics, initially as an anti-slavery

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, and then as a member of the

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. Hiscock became a

when the party was founded in the 1850s, and served as

of Onondaga County from 1860 to 1863. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1867, elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother. In 1872 Hiscock supported Liberal Republican nominee

for President, and in 1876 he was a delegate to the

. He was elected as a representative to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1887. He was chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations in the ( Forty-seventh Congress). He was reelected in 1886 for the term starting March 4, 1887, but resigned in order to accept the U.S. Senate seat to which he had been elected in January, 1887. Hiscock was elected to the

by the

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, defeating incumbent

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and

Levi P. Morton Levi Parsons Morton (May 16, 1824 – May 16, 1920) was the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He also served as United States ambassador to France, as a U.S. representative from New York, and as the 31st Governor of Ne ...

in the Republican caucus and Democrat

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in the vote of the full legislature. Hiscock served from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1893, and was chairman of the Committee on Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of Executive Departments ( Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses). Hiscock was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. After leaving the Senate, he resumed the practice of law in

Death and burial

He died in Syracuse on June 18, 1914 of

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. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

Family

On November 23, 1859, Hiscock married Cornelia King (1837-1908), and their children included sons Albert King Hiscock (1861-1908) and Fidelio King Hiscock (1869-1917). Frank Hiscock and his wife also raised their nephew Frank H. Hiscock following the death of his father L. Harris Hiscock.

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