Calvin Rumsey

{{Short description|American politician (1793–1854)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Calvin Rumsey | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = February 24, 1793 | birth_place = Hubbardton, Vermont, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1854|3|19|1793|2|24}} | death_place = U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = U.S. | resting_place_coordinates = | office1 = Member of the New York State Assembly | term_start1 = January 1, 1837 | term_end1 = December 31, 1837 | predecessor1 = Thomas B. Campbell<br/>Richard P. Marvin | successor1 = Thomas I. Allen<br/>George A. French<br/>Abner Lewis | citizenship = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | occupation = Politician | party = Whig | spouse = | children = | parents = | relations = | signature = | footnotes = }} '''Calvin Rumsey''' (February 24, 1793–March 19, 1854) was an American politician. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1837.<ref name="Centennial">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5XJmFkTe3YC|title=The Centennial History of Chautauqua County A Detailed and Entertaining Story of One Hundred Years of Development Volume 1|date=1904|publisher=The Chautauqua History Company |access-date=June 17, 2025}}</ref>

==Biography== Rumsey was born on February 24, 1793, a son of David and Hannah (Bronson) Rumsey. In 1814, he moved to Warsaw, New York, where he married Polly McWharter. They had eight children. In 1833, they moved to Buffalo and then to Westfield, New York, in 1834,<ref name="WestfieldAtlas1881">{{cite web |title=Personal Notices: Westfield |website=1881 Atlas of Chautauqua County, New York – Personal Notices |publisher=Chautauqua NYGenWeb |date=1881 |access-date=July 30, 2025 |url=https://chautauqua.nygenweb.net/HISTORY/1881ChautauquaCountyAtlas/PersonalNotices/Westfield.html}}</ref> where he operated a tannery with his brothers Stephen and Aaron.<ref name="BeighPioneer2018">{{cite web |title=Those Pioneer Leaders, Businessmen, and Doctors who Led Our Early Village |author=Marybelle Beigh |website=Westfield New York |publisher=Westfield Town & Village Historian |date=August 15, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2025 |url=https://westfieldny.com/living-here/those-pioneer-leaders-businessmen-and-doctors-who-led-our-early-village}}</ref>

He served in the 60th New York State Legislature, representing Chautauqua County, New York, alongside Alvin Plumb and William Wilcox. In 1840, he was appointed postmaster for Westfield.<ref name="Young">{{cite web|title=History of Chautauqua County, New York From Its First Settlement to the Present Time; with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches|author1=Young, Andrew White |date=1875 |publisher=Matthews & Warren |quote=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4xItpINmJmgC}}</ref> Rumsey died in Randolph, New Yokr on March 19, 1854 at the age of 61.<ref name="WestfieldAtlas1881"/>

==Electoral history== {{Election box begin no change |title=1836 New York State Assembly election<ref name="Centennial"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate no change |party = Anti-Masonic |candidate = Alvin Plumb |votes = |percentage = }} {{Election box winning candidate no change |party = Anti-Masonic |candidate = Calvin Rumsey |votes = |percentage = }} {{Election box winning candidate no change |party = Anti-Masonic |candidate = William Wilcox |votes = |percentage = }} {{Election box inline candidate no change |party = Democratic |candidate = Thomas B. Campbell |votes = |percentage = }} {{Election box inline candidate no change |party = Democratic |candidate = James Hall |votes = |percentage = }} {{Election box inline candidate no change |party = Democratic |candidate = Daniel Parsons |votes = |percentage = }} {{Election box end}}

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==External links== *[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88211599/calvin-rumsey Calvin Rumsey] at Find A Grave.

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Category:Tanners Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature Category:1793 births Category:1854 deaths