David M. Westcott

David Mandeville Westcott (ca. 1769 Cornwall, Orange County, New York – April 21, 1841 Goshen, Orange Co., NY) was an American politician from New York.

Life

In 1789, he removed to Goshen, and became co-editor of the Goshen Repository, the first newspaper published in Goshen, founded in 1788 by David Mandeville.

Westcott married Keziah Gale (1773–1819), and they had eight children, among them Sarah Gale Westcott (b. 1796) who married Congressman Samuel J. Wilkin (1793–1866).

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Orange Co.) in 1798-99; County Clerk of Orange County from 1815 to 1819, and from 1821 to 1822; and again a member of the State Assembly in 1828.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (2nd D.) from 1831 to 1834, sitting in the 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th New York State Legislatures.

He was buried at the Slate Hill Cemetery, in Goshen NY.

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New York State Senate
Preceded by
Benjamin Woodward
New York State Senate
Second District (Class 4)

1831–1834
Succeeded by
John P. Jones
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