Isaac Newton Comstock (January 25, 1808 in
Saratoga County, New York – March 24, 1883) was an American politician from
New York
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Life
He lived at
Albany, New York, and was married to Elizabeth (or Betsey) Hussey (d. 1842).
He was one of the first three
Inspectors of State Prisons elected on the
Whig ticket in
1847
Events
January–March
* January 4 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the U.S. government.
* January 13 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends fighting in the Mexican–American War in California.
* January 16 – John C. Frémont ...
under the
New York State Constitution of 1846, and drew the two-year term, being in office from 1848 to 1849. Afterwards he became Agent (financial officer), and also
Warden of
Clinton State Prison.
In March 1864, he entered the
Commissary department of the
Union Army with the rank of
captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
. On July 10, 1865, he was
brevetted major
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of volunteers, and honorably mustered out on the next day.
Stage actress
Nanette Comstock
Nanette Comstock (July 17, 1866 – June 24, 1942) was an American actress whose career on stage spanned nearly 35 years. She appeared on both the New York and London stage and had shared the stage with many of the luminaries of the late 19th an ...
(1866–1942) was his niece.
References
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 45; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''The United States Service Magazine''(published by Charles B. Richardson, 1864; pages 431f)
''U.S. Army Register''(published by the U.S. Adjutant General's office, 1865; page 70)
''Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York''(1852; page 97)
''The Annals of Albany''by Joel Munsell (1859; page 331)
''A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America''by John Adams Comstock (Commonwealth Press, 1949)
ives 1883 as death yearbr>
''Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903''by Francis Bernard Heitman (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994)
ives 1886 as death year
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1808 births
1883 deaths
Politicians from Albany, New York
People from Saratoga County, New York
People of New York (state) in the American Civil War
New York State Prison Inspectors
Union Army officers
New York (state) Whigs
19th-century American politicians
Military personnel from Albany, New York