Samuel H. Frost (August 2, 1818

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; died c. 1874) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of Samuel Frost and Catherine (Bedell) Frost. He attended White Plains Academy. About 1840, he removed to a farm on

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. He married Louisa Ketteltas, and they had several children. He entered politics as a Whig, and after this party disbanded became a

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. He was Supervisor of the Town of Westfield from 1851 to 1856; and was

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of Richmond County for twelve years. He was a member of the

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(1st D.) in

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and

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. By 1874, an article in ''

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'' referred to Frost as already being deceased. In 1877, incarcerated former political boss

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named Frost as one of the politicians who had engaged in corruption during his political tenure."Tweed's Tales", ''Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express'' (October 11, 1877), p. 1.

References

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 444)
''Life Sketches of Executive Officers, and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York, Vol. III''
by H. H. Boone & Theodore P. Cook (1870; pg. 78f) 1818 births Year of death missing Democratic Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Staten Island {{NewYork-NYSenate-stub