Isaac Beardsley Mitchell (1888 – 1977) was an American farmer and politician from
New York
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Life
He was born in 1888 on the family farm near
La Fargeville,
Jefferson County, New York, the son of Hiram B. Mitchell (1845–1921) and Minnie (Beardsley) Mitchell (1846–1928). In 1908, he married Florence Staley (1885–1967), and they had two children. He raised
Holstein Friesian cattle, and engaged in the
dairy
A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting or processing (or both) of animal milk – mostly from cows or buffaloes, but also from goats, sheep, horses, or camels – for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on ...
business.
He was elected on March 28, 1939, to the
New York State Senate
The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature; the New York State Assembly is its lower house. Its members are elected to two-year terms; there are no term limits. There are 63 seats in the Senate.
Partisan com ...
, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Perley A. Pitcher
Perley A. Pitcher (January 27, 1877 in Pamelia, Jefferson County, New York – February 20, 1939 in Albany, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Temporary President of the New York State Senate in 1939.
Life
He ...
. He remained in the State Senate until 1947, sitting in the
162nd,
163rd,
164th,
165th and
166th New York State Legislature
The 166th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 8, 1947, to March 13, 1948, during the fifth and sixth years of Thomas E. Dewey's governorship, in Albany.
Backgrou ...
s. He resigned his seat on June 12, 1947.
He died in 1977; and was buried at the Grove Cemetery in La Fargeville.
Grove Cemetery transcriptions
at Northern New York Genealogy
Sources
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1888 births
1977 deaths
People from Jefferson County, New York
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
20th-century American legislators