BIRDSEYE, Victory [1782-1853] -- American lawyer and legislator
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Attended the public schools,
and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1804;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Pompey Hill, Onondaga County, N.Y.;
elected to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1816;
postmaster of Pompey Hill 1817-1838;
district attorney of Onondaga County 1818-1833;
master of chancery of Onondaga County 1818-1822;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1821;
served in the State senate in 1827;
member of the State assembly 1823 and 1838-1840;
unsuccessful candidate for election in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress;
elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1842;
resumed the practice of law;
died in Pompey, Onondaga County, N.Y., September 16, 1853;
interment in Pompey Hill Cemetery.
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