Joseph H. Ramsey
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Joseph H. Ramsey | |
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Member of the New York State Senate | |
In office 1860–1863 | |
Constituency | 13th District |
Member of the New York State Senate | |
In office 1856–1857 | |
Constituency | 17th District |
Member of the New York State Assembly | |
In office 1855 | |
Constituency | Schoharie County, 2nd District |
Personal details | |
Born | Joseph Henry Ramsey January 29, 1816 Sharon, New York |
Died | May 12, 1894 Howes Cave, New York | (aged 78)
Political party | |
Spouse |
Sarah S. Boyce (m. 1835) |
Children | 2 |
Occupation | Lawyer, railroad executive, politician |
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Joseph Henry Ramsey (January 29, 1816 – May 12, 1894) was an American lawyer, railroad executive and politician from New York.
Life
Joseph H. Ramsey was born in
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Schoharie County, 2nd District) in 1855 as a Whig; and of the New York State Senate (17th D.) in 1856 and 1857 as a Republican.[3] While in the Senate, Ramsey secured a law to finance the construction of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad by authorizing the towns along the line to subscribe to the stock of the company, and he was chosen Vice President of the railroad in 1858. Litigation ensued, but the New York Court of Appeals upheld the law. In 1859, the Legislature authorized the State to help the railroad with $200,000 (~$5.43 million in 2023) but the law was vetoed by Gov. Edwin D. Morgan.
He was again a member of the State Senate (13th D.) from 1860 to 1863, sitting in the
Ramsey died in Howes Cave, New York on May 12, 1894.[2]
References
- ^ Harsha, David Addison (1891). Noted Living Albanians and State Officials: A Series of Biographical Sketches. Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons, and Company. p. 337. Retrieved April 11, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c "Obituary Notes" (PDF). The New York Times. May 15, 1894. p. 5. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ Harsha, David Addison (1891). Noted Living Albanians and State Officials: A Series of Biographical Sketches. Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons, and Company. pp. 339–341. Retrieved April 11, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 441ff and 480)
- Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York by William D. Murphy (1861; pg. 103ff)
- Bio transcribed from Noted Living Albanians and State Officials (1891), at Access Genealogy