John W. Lippitt
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John W. Lippitt (April 21, 1822 in Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts – May 15, 1896 in Solsville, Madison County, New York) was an American politician from New York.
Life
The family removed to a farm near the hamlet of Solsville. He attended the common schools and Stockbridge Academy.
He was Supervisor of the Town of Madison for many terms, beginning in 1861; and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Madison County for more than twelve years.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Madison Co., 1st D.) in 1864 and 1872; and of the New York State Senate (21st D.) in 1878 and 1879.
He was buried at the Indian Opening Cemetery in Madison.
Sources
- Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291, 366 and 373)
- The State Government for 1879 by Charles G. Shanks (Weed, Parsons & Co, Albany NY, 1879; pg. 62)
- John W. Lippitt at Oswego County Government
- Cemetery transcriptions
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- Articles with short description
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- 1822 births
- 1896 deaths
- Republican Party New York (state) state senators
- People from Adams, Massachusetts
- People from Madison, New York
- Town supervisors in New York (state)
- Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
- 19th-century American legislators