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Hiscock, Frank

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 6, 1834, in Pompey, N. Y. He received an academic education; studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced to practice at Tully, N. Y. He was elected district attorney of Onondaga county, serving in 1860-63; and was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1867. He was elected to the forty-fifth, fortysixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth, fortyninth and fiftieth congresses; and was elected to the United States senate as a republican, to fill a vacancy, and took his seat March 4, 1887, for term of service expiring March 3, 1893.

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