Education
Born in North Hempstead, New York, Searing completed preparatory studies.
United States representative politician
Born in North Hempstead, New York, Searing completed preparatory studies.
Sheriff of Queens County, New York from 1843 to 1846. Searing was elected as a Democrat to the 35th United States Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859). He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Thirty-fifth Congress).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1858.
He died in Mineola, New York, May 6, 1876. He was interred in Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead, New New York
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Company) in 1854.
