Mark Spencer (July 5, 1787 – January 28, 1859) was an American merchant and politician from
New York
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Life
He was the son of Mark Spencer (1738–1815) and Huldah Parmelee (Collins) Spencer.
He was a member of 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 ...
(5th D.) from 1854 to 1857, sitting in the
77th,
78th,
79th and
80th New York State Legislature
The 80th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6 to April 18, 1857, during the first year of John A. King's governorship, in Albany.
Background
Under the provisi ...
s. On January 24, 1857, he was elected President pro tempore of the State Senate.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 137 and 145; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Pen and Ink Portraits of the Senators, Assemblymen, and State Officers of New York''by G. W. Bungay (1857; pg. 61)
''LAW REPORTS; SURROGATE's COURT; WILLS OFFERED FOR PROBATE''in NYT on February 4, 1859
Mark Spencerat Ancestry.com
1787 births
1859 deaths
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Politicians from New York City
19th-century American politicians
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