John M. Jaycox was an American businessman and politician from New York.

Life

He lived in Syracuse, New York. He was a wholesale grocer and co-owner, with John A. Green, of the ''Syracuse Courier''. He was a

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from 1858 to 1860, elected as a

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on the Democratic ticket in 1857. In

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, he ran for re-election on the National Democratic ticket but was defeated by

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Samuel H. Barnes. In 1861, Jaycox, Thomas G. Alvord and others were authorized by the

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to build a railroad from Syracuse to

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. In 1867, he was President of the Syracuse, Fayetteville and Manlius Railroad which then had a length of 10 miles.

Sources

''The Breckinridge and Lane Democratic State Convention''
in NYT on August 9, 1860
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; page 406)
''Annual Report of the Railroad Commission''
(1868; pages 671f)
''Laws of the State of New York''
(1861; page 486) Year of birth missing Year of death missing Politicians from Syracuse, New York Erie Canal Commissioners 19th-century American railroad executives 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) Journalists from New York (state) Businesspeople from Syracuse, New York {{NewYork-politician-stub