Samuel Frederick Nixon was a trustee of the Village of Westfield, member of the Chautauqua County Board of Supervisors from the Town of Westfield, chairman of the county committee of the Republican Party, New York State Assemblyman, and speaker of the Assembly.
Includes correspondence from fellow political figures, constituents, special interest groups, and office-seekers concerning legislation under consideration in Albany; local and state politics, patronage, and other matters. Also, personal business correspondence; scrapbooks (4 volumes, 1895-1958) of clippings, cartoons, and broadsides, dealing chiefly with poitical events and issues during Nixon's public life; memorial resolutions, biographical sketches, and obituaries.
Samuel Frederick Nixon papers, #1944. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Related collection: Joseph McGinnies. Papers, #1943.
Related collection: Chautauqua County Republican Party Committee. Minute Book, #1945.