# Alexander Sheldon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexander_Sheldon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexander_Sheldon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sheldon > Source revision: 1345417793 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American Physician and politician}}'''Alexander Sheldon''' (October 23, 1766 in [Suffield](/source/Suffield%2C_Connecticut), [Hartford County, Connecticut](/source/Hartford_County%2C_Connecticut) – September 10, 1836 in [Montgomery County, New York](/source/Montgomery_County%2C_New_York)) was an American medical doctor and politician.{{Cite web |last=Congress |first=The Library of |title=Sheldon, Alexander, 1766-1836 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies {{!}} Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91028824.html |access-date=2026-01-05 |website=id.loc.gov}} ==Life== He was the son of Phineas Sheldon (1717–1807) and Ruth Harmon Sheldon (1733–1805). He graduated from [Yale College](/source/Yale_College) in 1787. He was a member of the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) from 1800 to 1808, in 1812 and in 1826, and was [Speaker](/source/Speaker_of_the_New_York_State_Assembly) in 1804, 1805, 1806, 1808 and 1812. He was the last of the Speakers that wore the [Cocked Hat](/source/Cocked_Hat) as the badge of office. He graduated from the [New York College of Physicians and Surgeons](/source/New_York_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons) in 1812. He was a regent of the [University of the State of New York](/source/University_of_the_State_of_New_York). He was a delegate to the [New York State Constitutional Convention](/source/New_York_State_Constitutional_Convention) of 1821. He was married to Miriam King (b. 1770 Suffield). Their son, Smith Sheldon (1811–1884), established the publishing-house of Sheldon and Company. Their daughter Delia Sheldon was the mother of the [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian_Church_in_the_United_States) missionary, [Sheldon Jackson](/source/Sheldon_Jackson), who established more than a hundred churches, mostly in the [Western United States](/source/Western_United_States). ==Sources== *Bio at Famous Americans *[http://www.shaweb.net/GenWeb/WebHist/Pedigree/7394.htm] Ancestry *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070819065720/http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymontgo/statelegis.html] Members of NYSA from Montg. Co. == References == {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before = [Thomas Storm](/source/Thomas_Storm) | title = [Speaker of the New York State Assembly](/source/Speaker_of_the_New_York_State_Assembly) | years = 1804–1806 | after = [Andrew McCord](/source/Andrew_McCord)}} {{succession box | before = [Andrew McCord](/source/Andrew_McCord) | title = [Speaker of the New York State Assembly](/source/Speaker_of_the_New_York_State_Assembly) | years = 1808 | after = [James W. Wilkin](/source/James_W._Wilkin)}} {{succession box | before = [William Ross](/source/William_Ross_(speaker)) | title = [Speaker of the New York State Assembly](/source/Speaker_of_the_New_York_State_Assembly) | years = 1812 | after = [Jacob R. Van Rensselaer](/source/Jacob_R._Van_Rensselaer)}} {{s-end}} {{SpeakerNYAssembly}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sheldon, Alexander}} Category:1766 births Category:1832 deaths Category:Speakers of the New York State Assembly Category:People from Suffield, Connecticut Category:Regents of the University of the State of New York Category:Yale College alumni Category:People from colonial Connecticut Category:New York College of Physicians and Surgeons alumni Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature Category:Medical doctors from New York (state) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alexander Sheldon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sheldon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Sheldon?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.