Gamaliel H. Barstow

{{Short description|American politician (1784–1865)}} {{One source|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gamaliel Henry Barstow | image = Gamaliel H. Barstow (New York Congressman).jpg | state1= New York | district1 = 25th | term_start1= March 4, 1831 | term_end1= March 3, 1833 | preceded1= Thomas Maxwell | succeeded1= Samuel Clark | office2= New York State Treasurer | term_start2= 1825 | term_end2= 1828 | governor2=Dewitt Clinton | preceded2= Abraham Keyser, Jr. | succeeded2= Abraham Keyser, Jr. | state_assembly3= New York | district3= Tioga County | term_start3= 1823 | term_end3= 1826 | office4= New York State Senate western district | term_start4= 1819 | term_end4= 1822 | state_assembly5= New York | district5= Tioga County | term_start5= January 1, 1816 | term_end5= December 31, 1818 | preceded5= Caleb Baker | succeeded5=Henry Wells | birth_date = {{birth date text|July 20, 1784}} | death_date = {{death-date and age|March 30, 1865|July 20, 1784}} | birth_place = Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut | death_place = Nichols, Tioga County, New York | citizenship = {{US}} | spouse = Nancy Coryell Barstow | children = Elijah Barstow Mary Barstow John Barstow | profession = physician judge politician | party = Democratic–Republican Anti-Mason Whig |}}

'''Gamaliel Henry Barstow''' (July 20, 1784 – March 30, 1865) was an American medical doctor, politician, and judge who served as a U.S. representative for New York.

==Biography== Barstow was born in Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He married Nancy Coryell and they had three children, Elijah, Mary, and John. He studied medicine in Great Barrington, Massachusetts

==Career== In 1812, Barstow moved to Tioga County, and there worked at his father's farm and taught school. Within a year he had become good friends with Judge Coryell (a powerful and influential figure in local politics) and by 1813 had married Coryell' daughter Nancy. He then built the first frame house in the town of Nichols, and opened a store at this location.

Barstow was a member of the New York State Assembly for Tioga County in 1816, 1816–17 and 1818. He was First Judge of the Tioga County Court from 1818 to 1823, and at the same time a member of the New York State Senate (Western D.) from 1819 to 1822, sitting in the 42nd, 43rd, 44th and 45th New York State Legislatures. By 1823, he was ready for a bigger house so he bought a parcel of land and built a two-story brick New England style home which now, 175 years later, houses The Barstow House Restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gamaliel H. Barstow|url=http://www.barstowhouse.com/history.html|publisher=Barstow House|access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref> He was again a member of the State Assembly in 1824 and 1827. He was New York State Treasurer from 1825 to 1826. In 1830, he was Town Supervisor of the Town of Nichols.

Elected as an Anti-Mason to the 22nd United States Congress, Barstow was U.S. Representative for the twenty-fifth district of New York from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1833.

In 1836, he was the Whig candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the ticket with Jesse Buel, but they were defeated by the incumbent Governor Marcy and Lt. Gov. John Tracy. Barstow was again State Treasurer from 1838 to 1839. Afterward, he continued the practice of medicine and engaged in agricultural pursuits in Nichols, New York, where he died on March 30, 1865, aged 80. He was buried at the Ashbury Cemetery there.

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==External links== {{CongBio|B000194}} *[https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA35 ''The New York Civil List'' compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pp. 35, 201, 206, 257 and 365; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) (Google Books)]

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