Information: - Silas Halsey (October 6, 1743 old style November 19, 1832) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Southampton, he attended the public schools and studied medicine at Elizabethtown, New Jersey (later Elizabeth.) He returned to Southampton and practiced medicine from 1764 to 1776; he then resided three years in Killingworth, Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War, when he again returned to Southampton. He was undersheriff of Suffolk County from 1784 to 1787, and was sheriff from 1787 to 1792. He moved to Herkimer County in 1793 and settled in what is now the town of Lodi and continued the practice of medicine. He also erected and operated a grist mill. - Nicoll Halsey ( March 8 , 1782 -- March 3 , 1865 ) was a U.S. Representative from New York , son of Silas Halsey and brother of Jehiel Howell Halsey . Born in Southampton , New York , Halsey moved to Herkimer County in 1793 with his parents , who settled in what is now the town of Lodi , New York . He attended the common schools . He moved to Tompkins County and settled near Trumansburg in 1808 . He engaged in agricultural pursuits and milling . Supervisor for Ulysses , New York in 1812 , 1814 , 1815 , 1818 , 1821 , and 1826 . He served as member of the State assembly in 1816 and again in 1824 . Sheriff of Tompkins County 1819 -- 1821 . Halsey was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty - third Congress ( March 4 , 1833 -- March 3 , 1835 ) . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1834 . He was appointed judge of the Tompkins County Court on February 11 , 1834 . He resumed the milling business . He died while on a visit in Marshall , Michigan , March 3 , 1865 . He was interred in Grove Cemetery , Trumansburg , New York . - A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated. There is an analogous although independently developed office in Iceland that is commonly translated to English as "sheriff," and this is discussed below. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'nicoll halsey' exhibits the relationship of 'position held'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - sheriff - united states representative - york
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