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Comfort Sands (1748 Cow Neck, Long Island - 1834) was an American merchant, banker and politician.
Life
Sands was a member of the New York Provincial Congress, the body which appointed him the first New York State Auditor-General in 1776. He resigned the office in 1782. In 1784, he became one of the first directors of the Bank of New York at its incorporation. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from New York County in 1784-85, 1788 and 1788-89. He was President of the New York Chamber of Commerce from 1794 to 1798.
Family
The poet Robert Charles Sands was his son. U.S. Representative Joshua Sands was his brother.
Sources
- History of the Bank of NY, in New York Times on August 8, 1878
- His brother Joshua, at Brooklyn history
- Political Graveyard
- Minutes of the NY Provincial Congress
- Google Book: The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- The DUMBO historical project (page 12)
Political offices Preceded by
(none)New York State Auditor General
1776–1782Succeeded by
Peter T. Curtenius
as AuditorNew York State Comptrollers Sands* • Curtenius** • Jones • Henry • Jenkins • McIntyre • Savage • Marcy • S Wright • Flagg • Cooke • Collier • Flagg • Fillmore • Hunt • Fuller • J Wright • Cook • Burrows • Church • Denniston • Robinson • Hillhouse • Allen • Nichols • Hopkins • Robinson • Olcott • Wadsworth • Davenport • Chapin • Wemple • Campbell • Roberts • Morgan • Gilman • Knight • Miller • Kelsey • Wilson • Glynn • Gaus • Kelsey*** • Williams • Sohmer • Travis • Wendell • Maier • Fleming • Murphy • Tremaine • Yates*** • O'Leary • Moore • McGovern • Levitt • Regan • McCall • Hevesi • Sanzillo*** • DiNapoli
* as Auditor General, ** as Auditor, *** ActingCategories:- 1748 births
- 1834 deaths
- New York State Comptrollers
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- Members of the New York Provincial Congress
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