David Hudson (New York)


David Hudson was an American lawyer, writer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Asa Hudson and Mary Hudson. On January 16, 1816, he married Hester Schuyler Dey.
In 1821, he published a biographical History of Jemima Wilkinson.
He was a Whig member from Ontario County of the New York State Assembly in 1838. In 1840, he was elected a canal commissioner, and remained in office until 1842.
He, his wife, and three of their children who died in infancy were buried at Pulteney Street Cemetery in Geneva, NY.