| 词条 | John G. Floyd |
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| name = John G. Floyd | image = John Gelston Floyd.jpg | caption = | state1 = New York | district1 = {{ushr|New York|1|1st}} | term_start1 = March 4, 1851 | term_end1 = March 3, 1853 | predecessor1 = John A. King | successor1 = James Maurice | state2 = New York | district2 = {{ushr|New York|17|17th}} | term_start2 = March 4, 1839 | term_end2 = March 3, 1843 | predecessor2 = Abraham P. Grant | successor2 = Charles S. Benton | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1806|2|5}} | birth_place = Mastic, New York | death_date = {{Death date and age|1881|10|5|1806|2|5}} | death_place = Mastic, New York | party = Democratic 1839-1856 Republican Party 1856-Death }} John Gelston Floyd (February 5, 1806 – October 5, 1881) was a U.S. Representative from New York, grandson of William Floyd. Born in Mastic near Moriches, Long Island, New York, Floyd attended the common schools, and was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1824. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Utica, New York. He served as clerk and prosecuting attorney of Utica, New York from 1829 to 1833. He founded the Utica Democrat (later the Observer-Dispatch) in 1836. He was appointed judge of Suffolk County. Floyd was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843). He returned to Mastic, Long Island, about 1842. He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) in 1848 and 1849. Floyd was elected to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Thirty-second Congress). He joined the Republican Party upon its formation in 1856. He retired from public life. He died in Mastic, Long Island, New York on October 5, 1881. He was interred in the family cemetery. John G. Floyd is a late ancestor of Republican Governor, and 2020 Presidential candidate Bill Weld[1] References{{CongBio|F000223}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox |state=New York | district=17 | before=Henry A. Foster,{{s-par|us-ny-sen}}{{succession box | before = new district | title = New York State Senate 1st District | years = 1848–1849 | after = William Horace Brown}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state=New York | district=1 | before=John Alsop King | after=James Maurice | years=1851–1853}}{{s-end}}{{US House Agriculture chairs}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Floyd, John G}} 11 : 1806 births|1881 deaths|New York (state) state court judges|Members of the New York State Assembly|New York state senators|Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)|Hamilton College (New York) alumni|New York (state) Democrats|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|People from Mastic, New York|19th-century American politicians |
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