Tredwell Scudder was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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Born in Islip, New York, Scudder attended the public schools.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Town supervisor of Islip in 1795, 1796, and 1804-1815.
He served as member of the State assembly in 1802, 1810, 1811, 1814, and 1815.

Scudder was elected as a Democratic-Republican  to the Fifteenth

15th United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1818.
He resumed agricultural pursuits.
He again served in the State assembly in 1822 and 1828.
Again town supervisor of Islip 1824-1833.
He died in Islip, New York, October 31, 1834.
He was interred in that village.

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