Captain Myndert Marselis Dox (January 6, 1790 – September 8, 1830) was a soldier and government official in Western New York.
John Sutton was returned as elected from both Seneca Co. and Tompkins Co. which gave Dox a strong argument to pursue his claim vigorously, but without success.
[8] It was reported that Dox "declined to take the oath prescribed by the law to prevent dueling, on account, it is said, of conscientious scruples which he entertained.
"[9] In 1822,[10] President James Monroe appointed Dox to replace Collector of the Port of Buffalo Oliver Forward.
[11][12] President John Quincy Adams wrote of Dox in his diary on March 24, 1828, claiming that Stephen Pleasonton, Auditor of the U.S. Treasury Department, had supplied him with letters and depositions asserting that Dox embezzled $4,000 intended for the construction of a light house on the Buffalo harbor.