Frank Hiscock
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United States Senator from New York |
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In office March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893 |
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| Preceded by | Warner Miller |
| Succeeded by | Edward Murphy, Jr. |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 25th district |
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In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887 |
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| Preceded by | Elias W. Leavenworth |
| Succeeded by | James J. Belden |
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September 6, 1834 Pompey, New York |
| Died | June 18, 1914 (aged 79) Syracuse, New York |
| Political party | Republican |
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L. Harris Hiscock (brother) Frank H. Hiscock, nephew |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Frank Hiscock (September 6, 1834 – June 18, 1914) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York.
Hiscock was born in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, September 6, 1834. He graduated from Pompey Academy and studied law with his brother L. Harris Hiscock. He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Tully, Onondaga County, New York. L. Harris Hiscock and Frank Hiscock were founders of the Syracuse firm currently known as Hiscock & Barclay.
In addition to practicing law, Hiscock became involved in politics, initially as an anti-slavery Democrat, and then as a member of the Free Soil Party. Hiscock became a Republican when the party was founded in the 1850s, and served as district attorney of Onondaga County from 1860 to 1863. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1867, elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother. In 1872 Hiscock supported Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley for President, and in 1876 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
He was elected as a to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, until his resignation on March 3, 1887, at the close of the Forty-ninth Congress, having been elected Senator. He was chairman of the Committee on Appropriations (Forty-seventh Congress).
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