John I. Nicks (1822
Rhinebeck,
Dutchess County, New York – 1897) was an American politician from
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Life
He attended the common schools, and then was apprenticed to a
tobacconist in
Red Hook. He pursued this trade for a time in
Brooklyn, and then removed to
Ithaca where he was foreman of a large tobacco factory. In 1847, he removed to
Elmira, where he opened a tobacco shop and manufactured
cigar
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He was a Supervisor (2nd Ward) of the Village of Elmira in 1851, and later a trustee of the village, a member of the Board of Education, and Chief Engineer of the Fire Department. In 1862, he was appointed by President
Abraham Lincoln as Tax Assessor for the 27th District of New York, and was removed from office by President
Andrew Johnson
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in August 1866.
Nicks was mayor of Elmira from March 1865 to March 1867; and a member of the
New York State Senate
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(27th D.) from 1867 to 1869, sitting in the
90th,
91st and
92nd New York State Legislatures.
Burial
He was buried at the
Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pp. 444 and 558)
''Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly of the State of New York, in 1867''by S. R. Harlow & H. H. Boone (p. 127ff)
"Removal of the Assessor of the Twenty-seventh District" ''
The New York Times''. August 29, 1866.
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1822 births
1897 deaths
19th-century American legislators
Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Elmira, New York)
Mayors of Elmira, New York
People from Red Hook, New York
People from Rhinebeck, New York
Politicians from Ithaca, New York
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
19th-century New York (state) politicians