Frank Hiscock

Frank Hiscock (September 6, 1834 – June 18, 1914) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York. He served in the United States Congress from 1877 to 1893.

Hiscock was a native of Pompey, New York, and graduated from Pompey Academy. After studying law with his brother L. Harris Hiscock, he was admitted to the bar in 1855 and began to practice in the town of Tully. The Hiscock brothers later relocated to Syracuse, where they founded the firm that became known as Hiscock & Barclay.

In addition to their law practice, the Hiscock brothers were active in politics. Frank Hiscock was opposed to slavery, and successively joined the Democratic, Free Soil, and Republican parties. He served as district attorney of Onondaga County from 1860 to 1863, and was a delegate to the 1867 state constitutional convention in 1867. In 1872 he was a supporter of the Liberal Republican Party and its nominee for president, Horace Greeley. In 1876, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Hiscock was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1876, and was reelected four times. He served in the House from March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1887, and resigned before the start of the term to which he had been reelected in 1886 because he was elected to the United States Senate in January 1887 for the term that started on March 4, 1887. Hiscock served one term, and after it expired on March 3, 1893, he returned to practicing law in Syracuse.

Hiscock died in Syracuse on June 18, 1914, and was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.