David D. Spencer
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David D. Spencer was an American editor and politician from New York
.
where he learned to be a printer
. In 1820, he began publishing with Henry R. Stockton the Republican Chronicle in Ithaca, NY. In 1823, he married Melissa Lord, and they had five children. From 1828 to 1853, he published with Anson Spencer the Ithaca Chronicle.
He was a delegate to the 1839 Whig National Convention
. He was one of the first three Inspectors of State Prisons
elected on the Whig
ticket in 1847
under the New York State Constitution of 1846, and drew the three-year term, being in office from 1848 to 1850.
His son Charles S. Spencer (b. 1824) was a member of the New York State Assembly
in 1859.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
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Life
In 1810, his family removed to Canandaigua, NYCanandaigua (town), New York
Canandaigua is a town in Ontario County, New York, USA. The population was 7,649 at the 2000 census. The name is a native word for "the chosen spot" or "the chosen place."...
where he learned to be a printer
Printer (publisher)
In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses. With the invention of the moveable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, printing—and printers—proliferated throughout Europe.Today, printers are found...
. In 1820, he began publishing with Henry R. Stockton the Republican Chronicle in Ithaca, NY. In 1823, he married Melissa Lord, and they had five children. From 1828 to 1853, he published with Anson Spencer the Ithaca Chronicle.
He was a delegate to the 1839 Whig National Convention
1839 Whig National Convention
The 1839 Whig National Convention was a presidential nominating convention held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in December 1839. This was the first national convention of the Whig Party of the United States....
. He was one of the first three Inspectors of State Prisons
New York State Prison Inspector
The Inspector of State Prisons was a statewide elective office created by the New York State Constitution of 1846. At the New York state election, 1847, three Inspectors were elected and then, upon taking office, so classified that henceforth every year one Inspector would be elected to a...
elected on the Whig
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...
ticket in 1847
New York state election, 1847
The 1847 New York state election was held on November 2, 1847, to elect the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer, three Canal Commissioners and three Inspectors of State Prisons, as well as all members of...
under the New York State Constitution of 1846, and drew the three-year term, being in office from 1848 to 1850.
His son Charles S. Spencer (b. 1824) was a member of the New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...
in 1859.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 45; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Death of Hon. David D. Spencer in NYT on February 23, 1855
- Newspaper history in Gazetteer and Business Directory for Tompkins County, NY (1868; page 30)