James F. Starbuck (September 5, 1816 in Scipio,

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– December 11, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

His family removed to Niagara County, New York, when James was still an infant. He attended Western Reserve College in 1836. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1844, and practiced in Watertown. He was one of the secretaries (with

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and Francis Seger) of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846. He was District Attorney of Jefferson County from 1851 to 1853. He was a member of the

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(18th D.) in

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and

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Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 541)
''EX-SENATOR STARBUCK''
in NYT on December 12, 1880 {{DEFAULTSORT:Starbuck, James F 1816 births 1880 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Watertown, New York People from Scipio, New York County district attorneys in New York (state) Politicians from Niagara County, New York 19th-century American legislators 19th-century New York (state) politicians