11 Facts About Frank Hiscock

Frank Hiscock was an American lawyer and politician who served as both a US Representative and a US Senator from New York.

Frank Hiscock graduated from Pompey Academy and studied law with his brother L Harris Hiscock.

Frank Hiscock was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Tully, Onondaga County, New York.

Frank Hiscock became a Republican when the party was founded in the 1850s, and served as district attorney of Onondaga County from 1860 to 1863.

Frank Hiscock was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1867, elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother.

In 1872 Frank Hiscock supported Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley for President, and in 1876 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Frank Hiscock was elected as a representative to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,1877, to March 3,1887.

Frank Hiscock was chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations in the.

Frank Hiscock was reelected in 1886 for the term starting March 4,1887, but resigned in order to accept the US Senate seat to which he had been elected in January, 1887.

Frank Hiscock served from March 4,1887, to March 3,1893, and was chairman of the Committee on Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of Executive Departments.

Frank Hiscock died in Syracuse on June 18,1914, of apoplexy.