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{{short description|American politician}}

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'''Hugh Halsey''' (June 26, 1794 – May 29, 1858) was an American lawyer and politician from [[New York (state)|New York]].

==Life==
He was the son of Dr. Stephen Halsey, Jr., and Hamutal (Howell) Halsey (ca. 1762-1848). He graduated from [[Yale College]]. Then he studied law with Franklin Viele in [[Waterford, New York]], was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Madison County, New York]].

He was a member of the [[New York State Assembly]] (Suffolk Co.) in [[45th New York State Legislature|1822]] and [[47th New York State Legislature|1824]]. He was [[New York Surrogate's Court|Surrogate]] of Suffolk County from 1827 to 1840; and First Judge of the County Court from 1833 to 1847. He was a [[presidential elector]] in [[1844 United States presidential election|1844]], voting for [[James K. Polk]] and [[George M. Dallas]]. Halsey was [[New York State Engineer and Surveyor|New York State Surveyor General]] from 1845 until the end of 1847.

He was a member of the [[New York State Senate]] (1st D.) in [[77th New York State Legislature|1854]] and [[78th New York State Legislature|1855]], elected on the [[Barnburners and Hunkers|Hard]] and [[Temperance movement|Temperance]] tickets.

He died on May 29, 1858, in [[Bridgehampton, New York]].

==Sources==
*[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1853/11/12/297738562.pdf ''STATE ELECTION; THE LATEST RETURNS''] in NYT on November 12, 1853
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA37 ''The New York Civil List''] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 37f, 278, 365 and 418; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=Sb1g8tno7OgC&pg=PA121&dq=hugh+halsey+assembly&lr=&hl=pt-BR&sig=ACfU3U2X8I2dYCbMszLJvmpSkVkiUE1w-g#PPA121,M1 ''DeWitt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men''] by Craig Hanyan, Mary L. Hanyan (McGill-Queen's Press, 1996, {{ISBN|0-7735-1434-1}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7735-1434-8}} ; page 121)

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