Life

He lived in Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...

. He was a wholesale grocer and co-owner, with John A. Green, of the Syracuse Courier.

He was a Canal Commissioner

Erie Canal Commission

The New York State Legislature appointed in 1810 a Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie, and Report which became known as the Erie Canal Commission...

 from 1858 to 1860, elected as a Hard on the Democratic ticket in 1857

New York state election, 1857

The 1857 New York state election was held on November 3, 1857, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer, a Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all...

. In 1860, he ran for re-election on the National Democratic ticket but was defeated by Republican Samuel H. Barnes

Samuel H. Barnes

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In 1861, Jaycox, Thomas G. Alvord

Thomas G. Alvord

Thomas Gold Alvord was an American lawyer, merchant and politician. Throughout his political career he was known as "Old Salt".-Life:...

 and others were authorized by the New York State Legislature to build a railroad from Syracuse to Geddes, New York

Geddes, New York

Geddes is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 17,740 at the 2000 census.The Town of Geddes is west of the neighborhood of Far Westside of Syracuse. The town is a western suburb of Syracuse.- History :...

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In 1867, he was President of the Syracuse, Fayetteville and Manlius Railroad which then had a length of 10 miles.

Sources

• The Breckinridge and Lane Democratic State Convention in NYT on August 9, 1860
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; page 406)
• Annual Report of the Railroad Commission (1868; pages 671f)
• Laws of the State of New York (1861; page 486)