Victory Birdseye
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th district |
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In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
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| Preceded by | James Geddes |
| Succeeded by | James Porter |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 23rd district |
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In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
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| Preceded by | Nehemiah H. Earll |
| Succeeded by | Orville Robinson |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the Onondaga County district |
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In office January 1, 1823 – December 31, 1823 |
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| Preceded by | Silvester Gardner |
| Succeeded by | Samuel L. Edwards |
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In office January 1, 1838 – December 31, 1838 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Denison |
| Succeeded by | James R. Lawrence |
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In office January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840 |
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| Preceded by | James R. Lawrence |
| Succeeded by | Moses D. Burnet |
| Member of the New York Senate from the 7th district |
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In office January 1, 1827 – December 31, 1827 |
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| Preceded by | Jedediah Morgan |
| Succeeded by | George B. Throop |
| Personal details | |
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December 25, 1782 Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut |
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September 16, 1853 (aged 70) Pompey, Onondaga County, New York |
| Citizenship |
 United States
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| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Electa Beebee Birdseye |
| Children | Ellen Douglas Birdseye Wheaton |
| Alma mater | Williams College |
| Profession |
lawyer politician |
lawyer
Victory Birdseye (December 25, 1782 – September 16, 1853) was an American politician and a U. S. Representative from New York.
Birdseye was born in Cornwall, Litchfield County, Connecticut attended the public schools at Cornwall, Connecticut. He graduated from Williams College in 1804. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807, and commenced practice in partnership with Daniel Wood, Esquire, in Pompey Hill, New York until 1814. In 1813, he married Electa Beebee of Pompey. His great-grandson Clarence Birdseye developed the process for freezing food and founded Birds Eye Frozen Foods.
Elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 14th United States Congress, Birdseye held the office of United States Representative for the nineteenth district of New York from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817.
Birdseye was Postmaster of Pompey Hill from 1817 to 1838, D.A. of Onondaga County from 1818 to 1833, and a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Onondaga Co.) in 1823, and of the New York State Senate (7th D.) in 1827.
Birdseye served as the special counsel to conduct prosecution in the trial of parties for the alleged abduction of William Morgan, a man who threatened exposure of the Freemason's secrets and whose disappearance brought about powerful anti-masonic sentiments in the U.S., sparking the formation of the Anti-Masonic Party.
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