William Babcock (1785October 20, 1838) was an American politician and a

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from

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's twenty-sixth district.

Biography

Born in

Hinsdale, New Hampshire Hinsdale is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,948 at the 2020 census. Hinsdale is home to part of Pisgah State Park in the northeast, and part of Wantastiquet Mountain State Forest in the northwest. Th ...

, Babcock attended the common schools.

Career

Babcock moved to

Penn Yan, New York Penn Yan is an incorporated village and the county seat of Yates County, New York, United States. The population was 5,159 at the 2010 census. It lies at the north end of the east branch of Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes. Penn Yan, New York ...

, in 1813 and engaged in mercantile pursuits owning more that one store. Upon the formation of Yates County he was appointed by the Governor as the first county treasurer in 1823. Elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-second Congress, Babcock served as a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

for the twenty-sixth district of New York from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833. Resuming his mercantile pursuits, he was also engaged as a hotel keeper.

Death

Babcock died in Penn Yan, Yates County, New York, on October 20, 1838 (age about 53 years). He is

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at City Hill Cemetery, near Penn Yan, New York.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Babcock, William 1785 births 1838 deaths People from Hinsdale, New Hampshire Anti-Masonic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Penn Yan, New York 19th-century American politicians