Silas Halsey (October 17, 1743N.S. – November 19, 1832) was aUnited States representative fromNew York.
Born October 6, 1743 (Old Style) / October 17, 1743 (New Style) inSouthampton, he attended the public schools and studied medicine atElizabethtown, New Jersey (later Elizabeth.) He returned to Southampton and practiced medicine from 1764 to 1776; he then resided three years inKillingworth, Connecticut during theAmerican Revolutionary War, when he again returned to Southampton. He was undersheriff ofSuffolk County from 1784 to 1787, and wassheriff from 1787 to 1792. He moved toHerkimer County in 1793 and settled in what is now the town ofLodi and continued the practice of medicine. He also erected and operated agrist mill.
Halsey was supervisor of theTown of Ovid from 1794 to 1804, and was a member of theNew York State Assembly fromOnondaga County in 1797 and 1798 and fromCayuga County in 1800, 1801, 1803, and 1804. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1801, and was clerk of Seneca County from 1804 to 1813 and in 1815. Halsey was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to the Ninth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1805 to March 4, 1807. He was a member of theNew York State Senate in 1808 and 1809, and engaged in farming. He died at Lodi in 1832; interment was in Old Halsey Cemetery,South Lodi.
Jehiel Howell Halsey andNicoll Halsey, both sons of Silas Halsey, were also Representatives fromNew York.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 17th congressional district 1805–1807 | Succeeded by |
