Background
He was born on July 31, 1792, in West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
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George Hezekiah Boughton
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Career
This page is about the New York politician, for the painter see George Henry Boughton
The family removed to Canandaigua, New York in 1795. During the War of 1812, he fought in the Battle of Queenston Heights. During the construction of the Erie Canal, he opened a supply store at a place where the canal was cut through a mountain ridge, and which became the village of Lockport.
In 1822, he became the first Postmaster of Lockport.
In October 1839, he was appointed by Governor William H. Seward a Canal Appraiser. In February 1840, he was elected by the New York State Legislature a Canal Commissioner, and remained in office until February 1842 when the Democratic majority removed the Whig commissioners.
From November 1852 to March 1853, he was again a Canal Appraiser. He died on April 28, 1866, in Lockport, Niagara County, New New York
Membership
He was an Anti-Masonic member of the New York State Senate (8th Doctorate) from 1829 to 1830, sitting in the 52nd and 53rd New York State Legislatures.
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