Joshua Sands (politician)
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 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]
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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 |
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