Ezra Graves
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Ezra Graves was an American lawyer and politician from New York
.
He was delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention
. In 1858, he was Temporary Chairman of the Republican state convention.
In 1872, he was elected an Inspector of State Prisons
, being in office from 1873 to 1875.
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
He was First Judge of the Herkimer County Court from 1845 to 1855 and from 1860 to 1863, also Surrogate from 1847 to 1855 and 1860 to 1863.He was delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention
1856 Republican National Convention
The 1856 Republican National Convention convened from June 17 to June 19, 1856 at the Musical Fund Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and nominated General John C. Frémont of California and former Senator William Dayton of New Jersey for President and Vice President of the United...
. In 1858, he was Temporary Chairman of the Republican state convention.
In 1872, he was elected an Inspector 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...
, being in office from 1873 to 1875.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 361; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; page 434)
- Death notice in NYT on January 9, 1883
- http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graves.html Political Graveyard