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N. Bowditch Blunt

American politician

N. Bowditch Blunt

14th New York County District Attorney
In office 1851–1854
Preceded by	John McKeon
Succeeded by	Lorenzo B. Shepard

Personal details
Born	June 19, 1804 Newburyport, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	July 7, 1854 New Lebanon, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Profession	attorney, politician

Nathaniel Bowditch Blunt (June 19, 1804 – July 17, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He became the New York County district attorney in 1851.

Early life

Nathaniel Blunt was born on June 19, 1804, in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of four sons of Edmund March Blunt.^[1]^[2]

Career

Blunt was a New York County district attorney from 1851 until his death in July 1854.^[3] He was elected in 1850 and 1853 on the Whig ticket. In 1853, he defeated the Democratic candidate Chauncey Shaffer by a majority of only 78 votes.^[4]

In 1851, Blunt appointed as his Assistant D.A. the then 24-year-old A. Oakey Hall, who was elected D.A. of New York in November 1854, and was Mayor of New York City from 1869 to 1872.

Personal life

Blunt's daughter Lizzie Blunt died on September 8, 1862. She was married to Dr. A. Henry Thurston.^[5]

Nathaniel's oldest brother, Joseph Blunt, was New York County district attorney in 1858. The other two brothers, Edmund (1799-1866) and George William (1802-1878), followed their father's steps and got involved in nautical affairs. Edmund assisted Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler in surveying the port of New York for the United States Coast Survey in 1817. George William Blunt was for decades a member, and later secretary, of the Board of Pilot Commissioners, and in 1857 was appointed a New York Harbor Commissioner.^[6] His nephew was Capt. Edmund Blunt.^[7]

Blunt died on July 17, 1854, in Lebanon Springs, Columbia County, New York.^[8]^[9]

References

^ Samuel Austin Allibone (1859). A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors living and deceased. p. 211. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
^ "A New Chart of Part of the North Pacific Ocean Exhibiting the Various Straits, Islands and Dangers". World Digital Library. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
^ The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 377; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858).
^ District Attorney N. Bowditch Blunt Elected. New York Times, on November 12, 1853.
^ Death notice of his daughter Lizzie. New York Times, September 14, 1862.
^ Death of Geo. W. Blunt. New York Times, April 20, 1878.
^ Obituary of Capt. Edmund Blunt, N.B. Blunt's nephew. New York Times, January 25, 1894.
^ "Death of N.B. Blunt, Esq." New York Times, July 18, 1854.
^ "Funeral of N.B. Blunt, Esq." New York Times, July 20, 1854.