Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Spinola, Francis B.

SPINOLA, Francis B., soldier, b. in Stony Brook, Long Island, N. Y., 19 March, 1821; d. in Washington, D. C., 12 April, 1891. After an English education he began business in New York city, where he was elected alderman and supervisor. He subsequently served as a member of the assembly and as a state senator, and in 1860 was a delegate to the Democratic National convention at Charleston, S. C. In 1862 he raised the Empire brigade of New York state volunteers, and on 1 Oct. he was commissioned as brigadier-general. He served in the National army till the close of the war, resigning on 8 June, 1865. He was subsequently connected with banking and insurance companies in New York city, returned to the state senate, and in 1886 was elected to congress for the term ending 3 March, 1889. He was re-elected.