John Bandfield

'''John Bandfield''' (September 29, 1826 – November 7, 1903) was an American farmer, merchant and politician from New York.

==Life== He was born on September 29, 1826, in Erin, then in Tioga County, now in Chemung County, New York. He attended a district school for nine months. He engaged in farming, dealt in produce, and ran a general store in the Village of Van Etten.<ref>[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101061337661;view=1up;seq=103 ''The State Government for 1879''] by Charles G. Shanks (Weed, Parsons & Co, Albany, 1879; pg. 81)</ref>

Bandfield entered politics as a Democrat, became a Republican in 1856, and joined the Greenback Party in 1877. He was Supervisor of the Town of Van Etten in 1862, and from 1865 to 1867.<ref>[http://www.joycetice.com/books/vane1879.htm Town of Van Etten] at Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice</ref> In November 1878, he was elected to the New York State Assembly, polling 3,412 votes against 3,019 for his Republican, and 2,325 for his Democratic opponent. He was a member of the 102nd New York State Legislature in 1879.

He died on November 7, 1903.<ref>[http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/Watkins%20NY%20Express/Watkins%20NY%20Express%201903%20Aug-May%201906/Watkins%20NY%20Express%201903%20Aug-May%201906%20-%200060.pdf ''John Banfield (sic)...died on Saturday. He...represented Chemung in the assembly.''] in the ''Watkins Express'' on November 12, 1903</ref>

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