Bennet Bicknell

Democrat Representative of New York's 23rd district

  • Representative

    New York, district 23

    September 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

November 14, 1781 (59 years old)

Birthday

September 15, 1841

Death

  • War of 1812 veteran
  • Served one term as a U.S. Representative
  • Attended public schools
  • Married with four children
  • Moved to Morrisville, New York, in 1808
  • Member of the New York State Assembly in 1812
  • Served in the New York State Senate from 1814 to 1818
  • Clerk of Madison County, New York, from 1821 to 1825
  • Editor of the Madison Observer
  • Elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress
  • Served from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839
  • Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838
  • Died in Morrisville, Madison County, New York
  • Interred at Morrisville Rural Cemetery