Courtlandt Nicoll

Courtlandt Nicoll (December 2, 1880 in New York City – September 20, 1938 in Water Mill, Suffolk County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

He was the son of Benjamin Nicoll and Grace (Lord) Nicoll. He graduated A.B. from Princeton University in 1903; and from New York Law School in 1905. On April 19, 1911, he married Ione Page.

He was an Alderman (28th D.) of New York City from 1911 to 1913.

Nicoll was a member of the New York State Senate (17th D.) in 1918; and was Chairman of the Committee on Penal Institutions.

He was again a member of the State Senate in 1925 and 1926. In 1925, he sponsored legislation which forced New York City to use voting machines at subsequent elections. In November 1926, he was defeated for re-election by Democrat Abraham Greenberg. At the opening of the next session in January 1927, Nicoll contested Greenberg's election, but after long drawn out proceedings Greenberg's election was upheld in February 1928.

His wife was Vice Chairman of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform; and a delegate to the New York State Convention to Ratify the 21st Amendment in 1933.

He was President of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the City of New York from December 1935 to February 1938.

He died in his sleep on September 20, 1938, at his country home in Water Mill, New York, of coronary thrombosis. His widow died on August 9, 1940, after falling down 16 stories from a room in New York Hospital.

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