Leander Babcock

Leander Babcock (* March 1, 1811 in Paris, New York, † August 18, 1864 in Richfield Springs, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Leander Babcock was born about a year before the outbreak of the British - American War in Oneida County. In 1830 he graduated from Union College in Schenectady. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1834. He then moved to Oswego, where he practiced law. In 1841 he was district attorney in Oswego County - a post he held until 1843. He was 1850 and 1851 Mayor of Oswego. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1850 for the 32nd Congress Babcock was 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 Duer on March 4, 1851. He then retired after March 3, 1853 out of the Congress.

After his conference time he was in 1853 and 1855, President of the Education Committee. He died during the Civil War in Richfield Springs and was then buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Oswego.