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Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) —
also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur;
"The Gentleman Boss"; "His
Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our
Chet"; "Dude President" —
of New York.
Born in Fairfield, Franklin
County, Vt., October
5, 1829.
Son of Rev. William Arthur (1796-1875) and Malvina (Stone) Arthur
(1802-1869).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1870-78; New York
Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1880;
Vice
President of the United States, 1881; President
of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1884.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Psi
Upsilon; Union
League.
Died, of Bright's
disease and a cerebral
hemorrhage, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
18, 1886 (age 57 years, 44
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, October
25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon
(1837-1880). |
| | | Arthur County,
Neb. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Chester
A. Heitman
— Chester
A. Johnson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Chester A. Arthur: Thomas
C. Reeves, Gentleman
Boss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D.
Doenecke, The
Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A.
Arthur — George Frederick Howe, Chester
A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics —
Zachary Karabell, Chester
Alan Arthur — Paul Joseph, Chester
Arthur (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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William Learned Marcy (1786-1857) —
also known as William L. Marcy —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Southbridge, Worcester
County, Mass., December
12, 1786.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; New York
state comptroller, 1823-29; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1829; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1831-33; Governor of
New York, 1833-39; defeated, 1838; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1845-49; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1852;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1853-57.
Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 4,
1857 (age 70 years, 204
days). His portrait appeared on some U.S. currency
issued in the 19th or early 20th century.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Canfield Spencer (1788-1855) —
also known as John C. Spencer —
of New York.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
8, 1788.
Son of Ambrose
Spencer.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1817-19; member of New York
state assembly from Ontario County, 1819-21, 1831, 1833; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1820; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1825-28; secretary of
state of New York, 1839-42; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44.
Methodist.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 18,
1855 (age 67 years, 130
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Daniel Manning (1831-1887) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born August
16, 1831.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1876;
New York
Democratic state chair, 1882-84; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20
silver certificate from the 1890s until about 1919.
Died December
24, 1887 (age 56 years, 130
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Franklin Edson (1832-1904) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chester, Windsor
County, Vt., April 5,
1832.
Democrat. Grain commission
merchant; president, New York Produce Exchange, 1866, 1873-74; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1883-84.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
24, 1904 (age 72 years, 172
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married 1856
to Fanny C. Wood (granddaughter of Jethro Wood (1774-1834; inventor
of the cast-iron plow)). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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William Cox Redfield (1858-1932) —
also known as William C. Redfield —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 18,
1858.
Son of Charles Bailey Redfield and Mary (Wallace) Redfield.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1911-13; defeated
(National Democratic), 1896; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1913-19.
Episcopalian.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1932 (age 73 years, 361
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Robert Hewson Pruyn (1815-1882) —
also known as Robert H. Pruyn —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1815.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1848-50, 1854; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1850; U.S. Minister to Japan, 1861.
Died in 1882
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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William Paterson (1745-1806) —
of New Jersey.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
24, 1745.
Delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1776-83; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90; Governor of
New Jersey, 1790-93; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
9, 1806 (age 60 years, 259
days).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
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Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) —
also known as Philip Schuyler —
of New York.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
20, 1733.
Son of Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler (born
1698).
Member of New York
colonial assembly, 1768; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80;
general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98.
Built the first flax mill
in America.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
18, 1804 (age 70 years, 364
days).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery; statue erected 1925 at Albany City Hall
Grounds, Albany, N.Y.
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Billings Learned Hand (1872-1961) —
also known as Learned Hand —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
27, 1872.
Son of Samuel Hand and Lydia Coit (Learned) Hand.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1909-24; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1924-51.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died August
14, 1961 (age 89 years, 199
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Daniel Dewey Barnard (1797-1861) —
also known as Daniel D. Barnard —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 16,
1797.
Son of Timothy Barnard and Phebe (Dewey) Barnard.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1827-29, 1839-45 (27th District
1827-29, 10th District 1839-43, 13th District 1843-45); member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1838; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1850-53.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 24,
1861 (age 63 years, 282
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Charles Edward Dudley (1780-1841) —
also known as Charles E. Dudley —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
May
23, 1780.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate, 1819-25 (Middle District 1819-22, 3rd District
1823-25); mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1821-24, 1828-29; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1829-33.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
23, 1841 (age 60 years, 245
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Ira Harris (1802-1875) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Charleston, Montgomery
County, N.Y., May 31,
1802.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1845-46; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1847; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-59; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1861-67; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
2, 1875 (age 73 years, 185
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Bradford Ripley Wood (1800-1889) —
also known as Bradford R. Wood —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
3, 1800.
U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1845-47; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1856;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1861-65.
Congregationalist.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
26, 1889 (age 89 years, 23
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Meredith Read, Jr. (1837-1896) —
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
21, 1837.
Son of John
Meredith Read and Priscilla (Marshall) Read.
U.S. Minister to Greece, 1873-77; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Greece, 1877-79.
Died in 1896
(age about
59 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Robert Yates (1738-1801) —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
27, 1738.
State court judge in New York, 1777-98; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Albany
County, 1788; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1789, 1795.
Christian
Reformed.
Died September
9, 1801 (age 63 years, 225
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
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John Alden Dix (1860-1928) —
also known as John A. Dix —
of Thomson, Washington
County, N.Y.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., December
25, 1860.
Son of James Lawton Dix and Laura (Stevens) Dix.
Democrat. Banker; lumber
business; paper
manufacturer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1904,
1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1908; New York
Democratic state chair, 1910; Governor of
New York, 1911-12.
Died, from heart
disease, in Harbor Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
1928 (age 67 years, 106
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Abraham Yates, Jr. (1724-1796) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
23, 1724.
Member of New York
state senate Western District, 1777-90; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1787-88; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1790-96; Presidential Elector for New York, 1792.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., June 30,
1796 (age 71 years, 312
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
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Leonard Gansevoort (1751-1810) —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 14,
1751.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New
York state assembly from Albany County, 1778-79, 1787-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1788; member of New York
state senate, 1790-93, 1796-1802 (Western District 1790-93,
Eastern District 1796-98, Western District 1798-99, Eastern District
1799-1802).
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
26, 1810 (age 59 years, 43
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
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John Tayler (1742-1829) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 4,
1742.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1777-79, 1780-81, 1785-87;
member of New York
state senate Eastern District, 1801-02, 1803-13; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1811, 1813-22; Governor of
New York, 1817.
The words leading to the fateful duel between Alexander
Hamilton and Aaron
Burr were uttered at Tayler's home in Albany.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 19,
1829 (age 86 years, 289
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Schuyler Crosby (1839-1914) —
of Montana.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
19, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Consul in Florence, 1876-82; Governor of
Montana Territory, 1883-84.
Attacked
and beaten by a deranged servant, and died as a result, in
Newport, Newport
County, R.I., August 8,
1914 (age 74 years, 323
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
1, 1764.
Son of Catharina (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Stephen Van
Rensselaer (1742-1769).
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18;
member of New York
state senate Western District, 1790-95; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1813; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10th
District 1823-29).
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took the first
train ride in U.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
26, 1839 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at
Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham, Jr. (1838-1909) —
also known as Rufus W. Peckham —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
8, 1838.
Son of Rufus
Wheeler Peckham and Isabella (Lacey) Peckham.
Democrat. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1876
(member, Credentials
Committee); Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1883-86; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1886-95; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1895-1909; died in office 1909.
Episcopalian.
Died in Altamont, Albany
County, N.Y., October
24, 1909 (age 70 years, 350
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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George Newell Southwick (1863-1912) —
also known as George N. Southwick —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 7,
1863.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1895-99, 1901-11 (20th District
1895-99, 1901-03, 23rd District 1903-11).
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
17, 1912 (age 49 years, 224
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Parker Corning (1874-1943) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
22, 1874.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1923-37; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 24,
1943 (age 69 years, 122
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848) —
of Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
13, 1765.
Son of Philip Spencer and Abigail (Moore) Spencer.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1793-94; member of New York
state senate, 1795-1802 (Eastern District 1795-97, Middle
District 1797-1802); New York
state attorney general, 1802-04; appointed 1802; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1804-23; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1824-26; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1829-31.
Died in Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y., March 13,
1848 (age 82 years, 91
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Lyman Tremain (1819-1878) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Durham, Greene
County, N.Y., June 14,
1819.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Rufus
W. Peckham; county judge in New York, 1846-51; New York
state attorney general, 1858-59; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1862; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1866; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1866; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from New York at-large, 1873-75.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
30, 1878 (age 59 years, 169
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Jared Lawrence Rathbone (b. 1844) —
Born in 1844.
Son of Jared
Rathbone.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul General in
Paris, 1887.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Harmanus Bleecker (1779-1849) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
9, 1779.
U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1811-13; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1813-15; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1839-42.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 19,
1849 (age 69 years, 283
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Amasa Junius Parker (1807-1890) —
also known as Amasa J. Parker —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 2,
1807.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1834; U.S.
Representative from New York 20th District, 1837-39; circuit
judge in New York, 1844-47; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1847-55; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1856, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1864;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867-68.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 13,
1890 (age 82 years, 345
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Cochrane (1813-1898) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Palatine, Montgomery
County, N.Y., August
27, 1813.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1857-61; defeated,
1860; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; New York
state attorney general, 1864-65; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1868
(speaker).
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
7, 1898 (age 84 years, 164
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Erastus Corning (1794-1872) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., December
14, 1794.
Democrat. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1834-37; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1842-45; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1857-59, 1861-63;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Founder and first president of the New York Central Railroad.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 9,
1872 (age 77 years, 117
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Eli Perry (1799-1881) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Washington
County, N.Y., December
25, 1799.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1851, 1879 (Albany County 4th District 1851,
Rensselaer County 2nd District 1879); mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1851-54, 1856-60, 1862-66; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1871-75 (14th District 1871-73,
15th District 1873-75).
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., May 17,
1881 (age 81 years, 143
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn (1811-1877) —
also known as John V. L. Pruyn —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1811.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1863-65, 1867-69.
Died in 1877
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck (1873-1944) —
also known as Peter G. Ten Eyck —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Bethlehem, Albany
County, N.Y., November
7, 1873.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1912
(alternate), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1913-15, 1921-23.
Died in 1944
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Gerrit Yates Lansing (1783-1862) —
also known as Gerrit Y. Lansing —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August 4,
1783.
State court judge in New York, 1816; U.S.
Representative from New York 10th District, 1831-37.
Died January
3, 1862 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Van Buren (1810-1866) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
10, 1810.
Son of Martin
Van Buren and Hannah (Hoes) Van Buren.
Lawyer;
New
York state attorney general, 1845-47; appointed 1845.
Died October
13, 1866 (age 56 years, 245
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Hugh White (1798-1870) —
of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1798.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1845-51.
Died in 1870
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1738.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1788-89; U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1789-91; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1801-04.
Died in 1810
(age about
72 years).
Original interment at Dutch Reformed
Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Solomon Van Vechten Van Rensselaer (1774-1852) —
also known as Solomon Van Rensselaer —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1774.
Son of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer.
Whig. U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1819-22; delegate to
Whig National Convention from New York, 1839.
Died in 1852
(age about
78 years).
Original interment at North Dutch Church
Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Lawrence Schoolcraft (1804-1860) —
also known as John L. Schoolcraft —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1804.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 13th District, 1849-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1856,
1860.
Died in Canada,
July
7, 1860 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Abraham Van Vechten —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state senate, 1797-1805, 1815-19 (Eastern District 1797-1805,
Middle District 1815-19); member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1805-06, 1807-13; New York
state attorney general, 1810-11, 1813-15; appointed 1810, 1813.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Morris Smith Miller (1779-1824) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1779.
Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in New York, 1810; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1813-15.
Died in Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
17, 1824 (age 45 years, 109
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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James Russell Parsons, Jr. (1861-1905) —
also known as James R. Parsons, Jr. —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., February
20, 1861.
U.S. Consul in Aix-la-Chapelle, 1888-90; official in various capacities with
the New York State Board of Regents, 1891-1904; U.S. Consul General
in Mexico City, 1904-05, died in office 1905.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Psi; Sons of
the Revolution.
Killed in the collision of an electric
trolley car with his horsedrawn
carriage, in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, December
5, 1905 (age 44 years, 288
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances Theodora (Smith) Dana. |
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Rensselaer Westerlo (1776-1851) —
of New York.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 29,
1776.
Son of Eilardus Westerlo (1737-1790) and Catharina (Livingston)
Westerlo (1745-1810).
U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1817-19.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 18,
1851 (age 74 years, 354
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Chesselden Ellis (1808-1854) —
of Waterford, Saratoga
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Windsor (unknown
county), Vt., 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; Saratoga
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1837-43; U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1843-45.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 10,
1854 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Lemuel Jenkins (1789-1862) —
of Bloomingburg, Sullivan
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1789.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1823-25.
Died in 1862
(age about
73 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Swinburne (1820-1889) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1820.
Republican. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1883-84; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1885-87.
Died in 1889
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Rollin Brewster Sanford (1874-1957) —
also known as Rollin B. Sanford —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Nicholville, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., May 18,
1874.
Son of Henry T. Sanford and Louise (Brewster) Sanford.
Republican. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney, 1908-14; U.S.
Representative from New York 28th District, 1915-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Theta
Delta Chi; Freemasons.
Died May 16,
1957 (age 82 years, 363
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Van Alstyne (1827-1903) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1827.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 16th District, 1883-85; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1898-99.
Died in 1903
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Cornelius R. Parsons —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in York, Livingston
County, N.Y.
Son of Thomas
Parsons.
Republican. Lumber
merchant; mayor
of Rochester, N.Y., 1876-87; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County 2nd District, 1891; member of
New
York state senate, 1892-1901 (29th District 1892-93, 28th
District 1894-95, 43rd District 1896-1901).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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D. Cady Herrick (1846-1926) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Esperance town, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April 12,
1846.
Son of Jonathan Herrick and Harriet Herrick.
Democrat. Lawyer; Albany
County District Attorney; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1888;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1892-1904; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1896-1900; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1904; director, Albany City National Bank.
Died February
21, 1926 (age 79 years, 315
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Orissa H. Salisbury. |
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Truman G. Younglove (1815-1882) —
of Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Edinburg, Saratoga
County, N.Y., October
31, 1815.
Son of Daniel Copeland Younglove (1791-1867) and Elizabeth (Stimson)
Younglove (1793-1850).
Republican. Engineer;
member of New York
state assembly from Saratoga County 1st District, 1866-69; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1869; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died September
17, 1882 (age 66 years, 321
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Daniel Evan Button (1917-2009) —
of New York.
Born in Dunkirk, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., November
1, 1917.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; writer; U.S.
Representative from New York 29th District, 1967-71.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., March 7,
2009 (age 91 years, 126
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Samuel Hand —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Judge
of New York Court of Appeals, 1878.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Erastus Corning II (1909-1983) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
7, 1909.
Son of Edwin
Corning and Louise (Maxwell) Corning.
Democrat. Insurance
broker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1936; member of
New
York state senate 30th District, 1937-41; resigned 1941; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1942-83; died in office 1983; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972,
1980;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1946; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1967.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died, of cardio-pulmonary
failure, in University Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 28,
1983 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Jesse Buel —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1823; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1836.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Robert Livingston the Younger (1663-1725) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Scotland,
1663.
Son of James Livingston.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1710-19.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 21,
1725 (age about 61
years).
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Myndert Schuyler (1672-1755) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1672.
Merchant;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1719-21, 1723-25.
Died in 1755
(age about
83 years).
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Volkert Petrus Douw (1720-1801) —
also known as Volkert P. Douw —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1720.
Merchant;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1761-70; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1785-93.
Died in 1801
(age about
81 years).
Original interment somewhere
in Rensselaer, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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George Hornell Thacher (1818-1887) —
also known as George H. Thacher —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born June 4,
1818.
Owner of Thacher Carwheel Company, makers of wheels for railroad
cars; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1860-62, 1866-68, 1870-74.
Died February
5, 1887 (age 68 years, 246
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Charles Henry Gaus (1840-1909) —
also known as Charles H. Gaus —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Zanesville, Muskingum
County, Ohio, September
1, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1902-08; New York
state comptroller, 1909; died in office 1909.
German
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in a hunting
lodge on Long Lake, in the Laurentian Mountains, Quebec,
October
31, 1909 (age 69 years, 60
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) —
also known as Peter Schuyler —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Beverwyck, New Netherland (now Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.), 1657.
Son of Pieter Pieterse Schuyler and Margarita (Van Slichtenhorst)
Schuyler.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1686-94.
Died February
19, 1724 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; subsequent interment at Madison Avenue Dutch Church, Albany, N.Y.;
reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Johannes DePeyster (1694-1789) —
also known as John DePeyster —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1694.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1729-31, 1732-33.
Died in 1789
(age about
95 years).
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) —
also known as John Schuyler —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1668.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1703-06.
Died in New York, June 25,
1747 (age about 78
years).
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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William Stormont Hackett (c.1867-1926) —
also known as William S. Hackett —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., about 1867.
Democrat. President, Albany City Savings Bank; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1922-26; died in office 1926.
Member, Freemasons.
Injured in an automobile
accident in Cuba, and died three weeks later, from the injuries
and erysipelas,
in American Hospital,
Havana (La Habana), Cuba, March 4,
1926 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Boyd Thacher II (1882-1957) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Leadville, Lake
County, Colo., October
26, 1882.
Son of George H. Thacher and Emma Louise (Bennett) Thacher.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1926-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate
for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1937; judge
of Albany County Children's Court, 1940-47.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April 25,
1957 (age 74 years, 181
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Johannes Hansen (1695-1756) —
also known as Hans Hansen —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1695.
Son of Hendrick
Hansen.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1754-56.
Died in 1756
(age about
61 years).
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Abraham G. Lansing —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
New York
state treasurer, 1803-08, 1810-12; appointed 1803, 1810.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck (1705-1793) —
also known as Jacob C. Ten Eyck —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1705.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1748-50.
Died in 1793
(age about
88 years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
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Jared Rathbone (c.1792-1845) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born about 1792.
Merchant;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1838-41.
Died in 1845
(age about
53 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Boyd Thacher (1847-1909) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Ballston, Saratoga
County, N.Y., September
11, 1847.
Son of George
Hornell Thacher.
Owner of Thacher Carwheel Company, makers of wheels for railroad
cars; author; historian;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1884-85; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1886-88, 1896-97.
Died February
25, 1909 (age 61 years, 167
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Archibald McIntyre —
of Montgomery
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly, 1798-1802, 1803-04, 1811-12, 1820-21 (Montgomery
County 1798-1802, 1803-04, 1811-12, Montgomery and Hamilton counties
1820-21); New York
state comptroller, 1805-21; member of New York
state senate, 1821-26 (Western District 1821-22, 4th District
1823-26).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Abraham Ten Broeck —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1779-83, 1796-99; member of New York
state senate Western District, 1779-83.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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David Davidse Schuyler (1669-1715) —
also known as David Schuyler —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1669.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1706-07.
Died in 1715
(age about
46 years).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
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Hendrick Hansen (c.1670-1724) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born about 1670.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1698-99.
Died in 1724
(age about
54 years).
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Jan Jansen Bleecker (1641-1732) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1641.
Fur
trader; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1700-01.
Died in 1732
(age about
91 years).
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Johannes Bleecker (1668-1737) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1668.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1701-02.
Died in 1737
(age about
69 years).
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born about 1661.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1725-26.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch
ancestry.
Died in 1740
(age about
79 years).
Original interment at Dutch Church Burial
Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., 1697.
Son of Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747) and Elizabeth (Staats) Schuyler (died 1737).
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1741-42.
Died in Albany
County, N.Y., 1746
(age about
49 years).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
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Charles Edward Bleecker (1826-1873) —
also known as Charles E. Bleecker —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1826.
Wine
merchant; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1868-70.
Died in 1873
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Vernon Henry (1767-1829) —
also known as John V. Henry —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1767.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1799-1802; New York
state comptroller, 1800-01.
Presbyterian.
Died October
22, 1829 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Benjamin Knower —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
New York
state treasurer, 1821-24; appointed 1821.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Joseph William Stevens —
also known as Joseph W. Stevens —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; tobacco
merchant; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1914-17.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Van Ness Yates —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Secretary
of state of New York, 1818-26; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1818-19.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Edward Holland (b. 1702) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1702.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1733-41.
Original interment at St. Peter's Episcopal
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural
Cemetery.
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Friend Humphrey —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1840-41; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1843-45, 1849-50.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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James Briggs McEwan —
also known as James B. McEwan —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1897-1900; member
of New
York state senate 29th District, 1901-06; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1910-13.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Stephen Clark —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
New York
state treasurer, 1856-57.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Teunis Van Vechten —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1837-38, 1841-42.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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James R. Watt —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1918-21.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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James Hilton Manning —
also known as James H. Manning —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Democrat. President, Weed Parsons Printing
Company; president, Albany Railway
Company (street railways); president, Hudson River Telephone
Company; president, National Savings Bank; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1890-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1892.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Edwin Corning (1883-1934) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
30, 1883.
Democrat. New York
Democratic state chair, 1926-28; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1927-28.
President of Ludlum Steel
Company; officer of Albany Felt
Company; director of banks.
Died in 1934
(age about
50 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Abraham Lansing —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
New York
state treasurer, 1874; member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1882-83.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Barent Philip Staats —
also known as Barent P. Staats —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1834; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1842-43.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Franklin Townsend —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1850-51; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1857.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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James Henry Blessing —
also known as James H. Blessing —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1900-01.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Henry F. Snyder —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1909; postmaster.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Oren Elbridge Wilson —
also known as Oren E. Wilson —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Accountant;
mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1894-95.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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William Law Learned (1821-1904) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New London, New London
County, Conn., July 24,
1821.
Lawyer;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1870-84.
Died in 1904
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Henry M. Sage (1868-1933) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Menands, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born May 18,
1868.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1899; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1900
(alternate), 1904
(alternate), 1908
(alternate), 1916,
1924;
member of New York
state senate, 1911-20 (28th District 1911-18, 30th District
1919-20); defeated, 1922.
Died in 1933
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Peter Gansevoort (1789-1876) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1789.
Son of Peter Gansevoort (Revolutionary War general).
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1830-31; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1833-36.
One of the founders of Albany Rural Cemetery.
Died in 1876
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Relatives: Uncle
of Herman Melville (1819-1891; author). |
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Charles Stanford (c.1819-1885) —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born about 1819.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1864-65; member of New York
state senate, 1866-69 (14th District 1866-67, 15th District
1868-69); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1868.
Died August
24, 1885 (age about 66
years).
Entombed at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Marcus Tullius Reynolds (1788-1864) —
Born in 1788.
Justice
of New York Supreme Court; founder and president of three railroads.
Died in 1864
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Amasa J. Parker, Jr. —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1882; member of
New
York state senate, 1886-87, 1892-95 (17th District 1886-87,
1892-93, 19th District 1894-95).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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George Watson Pratt (d. 1862) —
also known as George W. Pratt —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state senate 10th District, 1858-59; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862, and
died
as a result, in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
11, 1862.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Hamilton Harris —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1851; New York
Republican state chair, 1866-70; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of New York
state senate 13th District, 1876-79.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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William Gorham Rice (b. 1856) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
23, 1856.
Son of William A. Rice and Hannah (Seely) Rice.
Democrat. Member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1895-98; candidate
for mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1903; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1914.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Dirck W. Ten Broeck —
of New York.
Member of New York
state senate Western District, 1777-79.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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William Barnes, Jr. (1866-1930) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Armonk, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., November
17, 1866.
Son of William Barnes, Sr. and Emily P. (Weed) Barnes.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1892-1914; U.S. Surveyor of Customs,
1899-1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1904,
1908,
1912;
New York
Republican state chair, 1911-14; member of Republican
National Committee from New York, 1912-16; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1915.
When Theodore
Roosevelt contended, in 1914, that Barnes was a crooked boss of
the Republican Machine, in league with the Democratic Machine, he
sued the former president for libel, and lost.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Armonk, Westchester
County, N.Y., June 25,
1930 (age 63 years, 220
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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James F. Donlon (d. 1948) —
of Watervliet, Albany
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Mayor
of Watervliet, N.Y., 1932-44; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1945.
Died in 1948.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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James Boyd (1792-1839) —
of Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
2, 1792.
Member of New York
state assembly from Schenectady County, 1810-12; Weighmaster of
the Erie Canal.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., February
2, 1839 (age 47 years, 0
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Thurlow Weed (1797-1882) —
of New York.
Born in Greene
County, N.Y., November
15, 1797.
Newspaper
publisher; member of New York
state assembly, 1829.
Influential political leader in New York State from the 1820s through
the 1860s; supported John
Quincy Adams in 1820s; led the New York Whigs in the 1840s;
joined the Republican Party in the 1850s and supported William
H. Seward for president in 1860.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
22, 1882 (age 85 years, 7
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Amos J. Ablett (1852-1904) —
of Cohoes, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born April 24,
1852.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 4th District, 1895-96.
Died October
24, 1904 (age 52 years, 183
days).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John A. Scott (1876-1939) —
of Menands, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1876.
Republican. Candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 3rd District, 1933.
Died in 1939
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Frank B. Graves —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1924.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Charles C. Wing —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936;
chair
of Albany County Republican Party, 1937; secretary to Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey; member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1950.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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J. Palmer Harcourt (born c.1907) —
of Loudonville, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born about 1907.
Republican. Candidate for New York
state senate 30th District, 1936; candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1937;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1972;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1972.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Adam Van Allen —
of Albany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1857.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Walter Ellis Ward —
also known as Walter E. Ward —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 2nd District, 1891-92.
Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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John Lansing, Jr. (b. 1754) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
30, 1754.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1780-84, 1785-87, 1788-89; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1786; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1785; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1786-90; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate to
New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Albany
County, 1788; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1790-1801.
Christian
Reformed.
Mysteriously
disappeared in New York City, December 12, 1829, after leaving
his hotel to post a letter; his fate is
unknown.
Cenotaph at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) —
also known as Rufus W. Peckham —
of New York.
Born in Rensselaerville, Albany
County, N.Y., December
20, 1809.
Son of Peleg Peckham (1762-1828) and Desire (Watson) Peckham
(1767-1852).
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Lyman
Tremain; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1861-69; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du Havre, he was among
226 passengers and crew who perished
when the steamer collided
with the Scottish sailing vessel Loch Earn, and sank, in the
North
Atlantic Ocean, November
22, 1873 (age 63 years, 337
days); his remains were never
found.
Cenotaph at Albany Rural Cemetery.
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