NEW YORK REPORTS COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF NY. 1908- 09 NEWCOMB 2 books

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Alvah S. Newcomb
INTERIM STATE REPORTER: 1908 - 1909
Alvah Newcomb was born in Prattsville on December 8, 1851. His
family, who traced their ancestors back 700 years, were descendants of
Francis Newcomb, who settled in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1635. After
receiving his education at the common schools and with a private tutor,
Newcomb attended Kingston Academy and spent two years at Union
College, ultimately graduating from Dartmouth College with the class
of 1878. He studied law in Poughkeepsie and was admitted to the bar
in 1879, practicing in the firm of Fowler and Newcomb until 1881.
Thereafter, Newcomb and his father ran the family paper business until
the elder Newcomb’s death. From 1887 to 1889, Newcomb clerked in
the county surrogate’s office. Forming the partnership of Brinnier and
Newcomb in 1889, he later worked in the firm of Newcomb and
Metzger. Active in the Republican party in Ulster County, he served as
secretary and chief manager of Benjamin Harrison’s presidential
campaign in 1888. He was appointed Deputy State Reporter in 1900.
Since Newcomb was free to continue his law practice in addition to
his work in the Reporter’s office, he moved to Albany and opened a
private practice. He lectured on international law at Albany Law School
from 1902 to 1903. Assuming the position of Interim State Reporter
from 1908 to 1909 on the death of Edwin A. Bedell, he published two
volumes of the New York Reports. Even though a lifelong Republican,
Newcomb took an active role in the presidential campaign of
Democratic Judge Alton B. Parker in 1904. He was married to Elsie
Hendricks Conklin. Newcomb died in Kingston on February 2, 1928
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