About Robert C. Nicholas
Lived 1801 – 1854 (aged 52–53). Robert C. Nicholas was an American politician.
Robert Carter Nicholas (December 6, 1801 — May 10, 1854) was an American politician from New York.
Life He was the son of Congressman John Nicholas (1764–1819). The family removed from Williamsburg, Virginia to Geneva, New York in 1803. He married Mary S. Rose (1809–1837), daughter of Congressman Robert S. Rose (1774–1835).
He was an Anti-Masonic member of the New York State Assembly (Ontario Co.) in 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1832.
He was a Whig member of the New York State Senate (7th D.) from 1839 to 1842, sitting in the 62nd, 63rd, 64th and 65th New York State Legislatures. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846.
He and his wife were buried at the Pulteney Street Cemetery in Geneva.
Judge Robert C. Nicholas (1729–1780) was his grandfather; U.S. Senator Robert C. Nicholas (1793–1857) was his first cousin; Kentucky Attorney General George Nicholas (c. 1754–1799) and Governor Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761–1820) were his uncles; Congressman Robert L. Rose (1804–1877) was his brother-in-law.
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American politician (1801-1854)
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Robert C. Nicholas was born in 1801.
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Robert C. Nicholas died in 1854.
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Robert C. Nicholas was a politician.
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Robert C. Nicholas was American.
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· Wikipedia: Robert C. Nicholas
· DBpedia: Robert C. Nicholas (New York politician)
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