William Beach (c. 1815

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– March 14, 1860

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) was an American politician from

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Life

Beach was the son of Assemblyman John H. Beach (1783–1839), who came to Auburn from Connecticut in 1809 and established a

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, a

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, and a

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mill. He graduated from

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in 1836, then studied law, but abandoned it after the death of his father. He engaged instead in the milling business in

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. Later he entered politics and returned to Auburn. He was a member of the

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(24th D.) from 1850 to 1853, sitting in the 73rd, 74th, 75th and

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s. Beach died at the Delavan House in Albany, and was buried at the

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in Auburn. His brother John C. Beach (d. 1856) was a law partner of

William H. Seward William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States Senate, United States Senat ...

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 136ff; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College''
(1870; pg. 11)
''The Cravath Firm and Its Predecessors''
by Robert T. Swaine (pg. 84f)

in NYT on March 16, 1860

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* 1810s births 1860 deaths New York (state) state senators New York (state) Whigs 19th-century American legislators Politicians from Auburn, New York Yale College alumni {{NewYork-NYSenate-stub

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