David Rumsey (December 25, 1810 – March 12, 1883) was aUnited States representative fromNew York. Born inSalem, Washington County, he attended school atAuburn and Geneva College (nowHobart College) atGeneva, New York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice inBath. He wassurrogate ofSteuben County from 1840 to 1844 and held many local offices.

Rumsey was elected as aWhig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1851. He was a delegate to theNew York constitutional convention in 1867 and was a member of the commission to propose amendments to the State constitution in 1872. In 1873 he appointed as an associate justice of theNew York supreme court to fill a vacancy and was elected to the same office in the fall of that year. In 1883, Rumsey died in Bath; interment was in a private cemetery on the Rumsey place. His home at Bath, known as theCampbell-Rumsey House, was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

• United States Congress."David Rumsey (id: R000506)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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