About Isaac N. Comstock
Lived 1808 – 1883 (aged 75). Isaac N. Comstock was an American politician.
Isaac Newton Comstock (January 25, 1808 in Saratoga County, New York – March 24, 1883) was an American politician from New York.
Life He lived at Albany, New York, and was married to Elizabeth (or Betsey) Hussey (d. 1842).
He was one of the first three Inspectors of State Prisons elected on the Whig ticket in 1847 under the New York State Constitution of 1846, and drew the two-year term, being in office from 1848 to 1849. Afterwards he became Agent (financial officer), and also Warden of Clinton State Prison.
In March 1864, he entered the Commissary department of the Union Army with the rank of captain. On July 10, 1865, he was brevetted major of volunteers, and honorably mustered out on the next day.
Stage actress Nanette Comstock (1866–1942) was his niece.
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Who was Isaac N. Comstock?
Union Army officer (1808-1883)
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Isaac N. Comstock was born on 25 January 1808.
When did Isaac N. Comstock die?
Isaac N. Comstock died on 24 March 1883.
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Isaac N. Comstock was a politician.
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Isaac N. Comstock was American.
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