Andrew McCord (–1808) was a

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from

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. The name is often spelled MacCord, especially in newspapers of the time.

Life

McCord was the son of John McCord who came in 1729 from Ireland to

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. He was born in Stony Ford, Orange County, New York and attended the common schools and Newburgh Academy. He was a delegate to the convention at

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on November 7, 1775, to choose deputies to the Second Provincial Congress, and was

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in the Ulster County Militia from January 31, 1787, on. He served as captain of the Ulster County Militia and resigned on April 10, 1798. In 1795,

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, 1800, 1802,

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, he was a member of the

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; and was

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in 1807. McCord was elected as a

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to the Eighth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1803, to March 3, 1805, after which he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died at Stony Ford in 1808, and was buried in the family burying ground on his farm near Stony Ford.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCord, Andrew 1750s births 1808 deaths People from Wallkill, Orange County, New York Quartermasters Members of the New York State Assembly Speakers of the New York State Assembly Year of birth uncertain Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)