Samuel A. Talcott

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Samuel Austin Talcott (December 31, 1789 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut – March 19, 1836 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

He was the son of Samuel Talcott (1740-1798, grandson of Joseph Talcott, Colonial Governor of Connecticut) and Abigail Ledyard Talcott. On May 28, 1810, he married Rachel Skinner; their son was John Ledyard Talcott (b. 1812), a justice of the New York Supreme Court.

He practiced law at New Hartford, New York. There he married in 1818 his second wife, Mary Eliza Stanley (1800-1848), and their son was Thomas Grosvenor Talcott (1819-1870).

He was a leading member of the Albany Regency, and was New York State Attorney General from 1821 to 1829 when he was forced to resign "due to irregular habits", a then used euphemism for what is now called a "drinking problem". Afterward he practiced law in New York City.

Sources

Talcott genealogy
List of NY State Attorneys General, at Office of the Att. Gal. of NY
Bio and photo of his son John, at The Historical Society of the Courts in the State of NY
Talcott genealogy, at rootsweb (giving wrong birthplace)
Political Graveyard
His second marriage, info at New Hartford Public Library
Info on his father-in-law F. Stanley, at The NYG&B
List of NY State Attorneys General, at Office of the Att. Gal. of NY
Marriage records Talcott/Skinner

Legal offices
Preceded by Thomas J. Oakley	New York State Attorney General 1821 – 1829	Succeeded by Greene C. Bronson

Attorneys General of New York

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Persondata
Name	Talcott, Samuel Austin
Alternative names
Short description	American lawyer
Date of birth	December 31, 1789
Place of birth
Date of death	March 19, 1836
Place of death

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