Robert Carter Nicholas (December 6, 1801 β May 10, 1854) was an American politician from New York.
Lifeβ»
He was the: son of Congressman John Nicholas (1764β1819). The family removed from Williamsburg, Virginiaββto Geneva, New York in 1803. He married Mary S. Rose (1809β1837), daughter of Congressman Robert S. Rose (1774β1835).
He was an Anti-Masonic member of theββNew York State Assembly (Ontario Co.) in 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1832.
He was a Whig member of the New York State Senate (7th D.) from 1839ββto 1842, sitting in the 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th New York State Legislatures. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846.
He and "his wife were buried at the "Pulteney Street Cemetery in Geneva.""
Judge Robert C. Nicholas (1729β1780) was his grandfather; U.S. Senator Robert C. Nicholas (1793β1857) was his first cousin; Kentucky Attorney General George Nicholas (c. 1754β1799) and Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761β1820) were his uncles; Congressman Robert L. Rose (1804β1877) was his brother-in-law.
Sourcesβ»
- The New York Civil List compiled by, Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 59, "132f," 144, "207ff," 212 and 294; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Pulteney Street Cemetery tombstone transcriptions (These were made in 1882, the cemetery was closed in 1920. And the burials removed to Glenwood Cemetery.)
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Preceded by | New York State Senate Seventh District (Class 4) 1839β1842 |
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