Preceded by Warner Miller Political party Republican Succeeded by James J. Belden Party Republican Party | Preceded by Elias W. Leavenworth Role Former U.S. senator Succeeded by Edward Murphy, Jr. Name Frank Hiscock Resigned March 3, 1893 | |
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Born September 6, 1834
Pompey, New York ( 1834-09-06 ) Relations L. Harris Hiscock (brother)
Frank H. Hiscock, nephew Died June 18, 1914, Syracuse, New York, United States | ||
Previous office Senator (NY) 1887–1893 | ||
Frank Hiscock (September 6, 1834 – June 18, 1914) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York.
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Early life
Hiscock was born in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, September 6, 1834. He graduated from Pompey Academy and studied law with his brother L. Harris Hiscock. He was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Tully, Onondaga County, New York. L. Harris Hiscock and Frank Hiscock were founders of the Syracuse firm currently known as Hiscock & Barclay.
Career
In addition to practicing law, Hiscock became involved in politics, initially as an anti-slavery Democrat, and then as a member of the Free Soil Party. Hiscock became a Republican when the party was founded in the 1850s, and served as district attorney of Onondaga County from 1860 to 1863. He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1867, elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother. In 1872 Hiscock supported Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley for President, and in 1876 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
He was elected as a to the Forty-fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, until his resignation on March 3, 1887, at the close of the Forty-ninth Congress, having been elected Senator. He was chairman of the Committee on Appropriations (Forty-seventh Congress).
In January, 1887 Hiscock was elected to the United States Senate by the New York State Legislature, defeating incumbent Warner Miller and Levi P. Morton in the Republican caucus and Democrat Smith M. Weed in the vote of the full legislature. Hiscock served from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1893, and was chairman of the Committee on Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of Executive Departments (Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses).
Hiscock was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. After leaving the Senate, he resumed the practice of law in Syracuse.
Death and burial
He died in Syracuse on June 18, 1914 of apoplexy. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.
Family
In 1859 Hiscock married Cornelia King (1837-1908), and their children included sons Albert King Hiscock (1861-1908) and Fidelio King Hiscock (1869-1917). Frank Hiscock and his wife also raised their nephew Frank H. Hiscock following the death of his father L. Harris Hiscock.