Cyrus D. Prescott

Cyrus Dan Prescott ( born August 15, 1836 in New Hartford, New York, † 23 October 1902 in Rome, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1879 and 1883 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Cyrus Dan Prescott pursued an academic career. He graduated from Utica Free Academy. Then he studied in Utica and Rome Jura. After receiving his license to practice law in 1859, he began practicing in 1860 in Rome. The following years were marred by civil war. In 1867 he moved to New York City where he worked in a wholesale house as Financial Clerk. He then returned to Rome in 1868 and went back again after his work as a lawyer. Between 1874 and 1876 he was a member of the Board of Aldermen of Rome. He sat in 1878 in the New York State Assembly. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1878 for the 46th Congress Prescott was on the 23rd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William J. Bacon on March 4, 1879. He was re-elected once. Since he gave up for reelection in 1882, he retired after March 3, 1883 from the Congress.

After his time he took Congress in Rome his work as a lawyer on. He also spent over 30 years Attorney for the New York Central Railroad Company. He died on 23 October 1902 in Rome and was then buried in the Sauquoit Valley Cemetery in Clayville.