Noble S. Elderkin

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Noble S. Elderkin (b. 1810 Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York) was an American politician.

[edit] Life

He was the son of Anthony Y. Elderkin, a wheelwright (ca. 1785 Willimantic, Connecticut - 19 May 1850 Madrid, New York) and Parmela Fuller Elderkin. His parents married in 1807 at Middlebury, Vermont. Their first child Elmira L. Elderkin (1807-1880) was born there. In 1808, the family removed to Potsdam, N.Y., where Noble and his other siblings were born.

In 1850, he was a Democratic member from St. Lawrence County of the New York State Assembly and was Speaker. The Democrats and the Whigs had a tie vote in this Assembly, but it having become apparent to Robert H. Pruyn, the Whig candidate for Speaker, that one of the Whig members could not properly hold his seat, Pruyn abstained from voting, and Elderkin was chosen. The appreciation of this high-minded course was shown shortly afterward: The Speaker was called home when his wife Eliza was very ill, and the Democrats voted for Pruyn to become the new Speaker. Shortly thereafter, both Elderkin's wife and father died, his wife at Potsdam, N.Y., on April 8, aged 38 years, his father on May 19 at neighboring Madrid, N.Y., and Elderkin did not return to the Assembly for the remainder of the session.

He was President of the village of Potsdam in 1857-58.

In 1859 ran as a Democrat for New York State Prison Inspector.

[edit] Sources

  • [1] Elderkin genealogy at Genforum
  • [2] His wife's death notice
  • [3] Potsdam History
  • [4] Mention in Census 1870
  • [5] Noble and Eliza mentioned in birth records 1847
  • [6] Bio of Robert H. Pruyn at Schenectady History
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Amos K. Hadley		 Speaker of the New York State Assembly
1850		 Succeeded by
Robert H. Pruyn
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