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John G. Floyd
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Life and career
Floyd was born in Mastic near Moriches, Long Island, New York, the son of Phoebe (Gelston) and Nicoll Floyd.WEB,weblink Lineage Book, 1897, Floyd attended the common schools, and was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1824. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and commenced practice in Utica, New York.Early career
He served as clerk and prosecuting attorney of Utica, New York from 1829 to 1833. He founded the Utica Democrat (later the Observer-Dispatch) in 1836. He was appointed judge of Suffolk County.Congress
Floyd was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839 â March 3, 1843). He returned to Mastic, Long Island, about 1842. He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) in 1848 and 1849.Floyd was elected to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 â March 3, 1853). He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Thirty-second Congress).Later career and death
He joined the Republican Party upon its formation in 1856. He retired from public life.He died in Mastic, Long Island, New York on October 5, 1881. He was interred in the family cemetery.Family
John G. Floyd is a great-great-grandfather of Republican Governor, and 2020 presidential candidate Bill Weld.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}References
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