Joshua Sands (politician)

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Joshua Sands (October 12, 1757 – September 13, 1835) was an American merchant and politician. He was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Life

He was born in Cow Neck which is now in the Village of Sands Point, located then in Queens County but since 1899 in Nassau County, New York. He was the son of John Sands and Elizabeth Cornwell. He received a limited schooling, served as a captain in the 4th New York Regiment during the American Revolutionary War, and engaged in mercantile pursuits.

On March 9, 1780, Sand married Ann Ayscough (1761–1851), the daughter of Richard Ayscough, a surgeon in the British Army.^[1] St. Ann's Church, the first Episcopal church in Brooklyn, was named in her honor.^[2] Among their twelve children was Joshua R. Sands (1795–1883), who served as a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.

He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1792 to 1797, and of the Council of Appointment in 1796. President John Adams appointed him Collector of the Port of New York on April 26, 1797. He held this office until July 9, 1801, when he was removed by President Thomas Jefferson.

He was elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress, and served from March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1805. He was President of the board of trustees of the Village of Brooklyn in 1824. He was again elected to the 19th United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1827.

He died at Brooklyn, and was buried at St. Paul's Church Cemetery in Eastchester, New York. In 1852, he was re-interred in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

References

↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 39. 1908. p. 219.
↑ Bernardo, Leonard; Weiss, Jennifer (2006). Brooklyn by Name. NYU Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-8147-9946-8.

Joshua Sands (politician) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Genealogy of the Sands family in Naval Officers, Their Heredity and Development by Charles Benedict Davenport (READ BOOKS, 2008, ISBN 1-4086-8909-X, ISBN 978-1-4086-8909-7 ; pages 193ff)
The Old Merchants of New York City by Joseph Alfred Scoville (Carleton, 1865; page 303) [giving wrong year "1792" for appointment as Collector]
The Merchants' National Bank of the City of New York by Philip Gengembre Hubert (Ayer Publishing, 1980, ISBN 0-405-13655-2, ISBN 978-0-405-13655-9 ; page 80)
The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 100, 114ff and 145; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) [giving wrong year "1799" of end of tenure in the State Senate]

Political offices
Preceded by John Lamb	Collector of the Port of New York 1797 - 1801	Succeeded by David Gelston
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Samuel L. Mitchill	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 2nd congressional district 1803–1805	Succeeded by Gurdon S. Mumford
Preceded by Jacob Tyson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 2nd congressional district 1825–1827	Succeeded by John J. Wood

v t e Collectors of the Port of New York

Lamb Sands Gelston Thompson Swartwout Hoyt Morgan Curtis (Ferris)* Van Ness Lawrence Maxwell (Dickinson) Bronson Redfield Schell Barney Draper King Clinch* Smyth Grinnell Murphy Arthur (Roosevelt)* Merritt Robertson Hedden Magone Erhardt Fassett Hendricks Kilbreth Couch* Bidwell Stranahan Stuart* Fowler Loeb Mitchel Malone Newton Aldridge Stuart*** Elting Durning Dill Kelly

() denotes nominated, but rejected () denotes nominated, but declined (**) denotes Acting

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Persondata
Name	Sands, Joshua
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	October 12, 1757
Place of birth
Date of death	September 13, 1835
Place of death

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