Frederick H. Hastings

Frederick Herring Hastings (December 2, 1818 – October 15, 1869) was an American lawyer, manufacturer, and politician from New York.

Biography Hastings was born on December 2, 1818 in Albany, New York.

Hastings graduated from Williams College in 1838, after which he practiced law in Albany. In 1848, circumstances compelled him to leave the profession and he became a manufacturer of cotton goods in Brainard. and 1865. During the last year of his term, his health began to fail him and he lost the renomination. He also served for a term or two as town supervisor of Nassau. He was buried in Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands.