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Lansing family of Albany, New York

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  Abraham Jacob Lansing (1720-1791) — also known as Abraham J. Lansing; Abraham Jacobse Lansing — of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., April 18, 1720. Village president of Lansingburgh, New York, 1790-91. Died in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 9, 1791 (age 71 years, 174 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Hendrickse Lansing and Helena (Pruyn) Lansing; married to Catharine Lievense; father of Cornelius Lansing; second great-granduncle of Abram Wendell Lansing; third great-granduncle of Bradford R. Lansing; first cousin four times removed of Henry Van Woert; second cousin once removed of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; second cousin twice removed of Gerrit Yates Lansing, Robert Lansing (1799-1878) and Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); second cousin thrice removed of Abraham Lansing and Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); second cousin four times removed of Robert Lansing (1864-1928), Stuart Douglas Lansing and Emma Sterling Lansing; second cousin five times removed of Agnes Phelps Blake.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Abraham Robertse Yates (1724-1796) — also known as Abraham Yates — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., August 23, 1724. Member of New York council of appointment, 1777, 1783-84; 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 (voted for George Washington and George Clinton). 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, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Christoffel Yates and Catelyntje (Winne) Yates; married 1746 to Antje De Ridder; uncle of Peter Waldron Yates; grandfather of Gerrit Yates Lansing; great-grandfather of Abraham Lansing; third great-granduncle of Bradford R. Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Peter Waldron Yates (1747-1826) — also known as Peter W. Yates — of Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., August 23, 1747. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1784-85; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1786. Died in Caughnawaga (now Fonda), Montgomery County, N.Y., March 9, 1826 (age 78 years, 198 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Nephew of Abraham Robertse Yates.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Cornelius Lansing (1752-1842) — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., July 6, 1752. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1798-99. Died in Rensselaer County, N.Y., April 23, 1842 (age 89 years, 291 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Jacob Lansing and Catherine (Lievense) Lansing; first cousin thrice removed of Abram Wendell Lansing; first cousin four times removed of Bradford R. Lansing; second cousin thrice removed of Henry Van Woert; third cousin of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; third cousin once removed of Gerrit Yates Lansing, Robert Lansing (1799-1878) and Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); third cousin twice removed of Abraham Lansing and Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); third cousin thrice removed of Robert Lansing (1864-1928), Stuart Douglas Lansing and Emma Sterling Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. (b. 1754) — also known as John Lansing, Jr. — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 30, 1754. Lawyer; 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, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Gerrit Jacobse Lansing and Jannetje 'Jane' (Waters) Lansing; brother of Abraham Gerritse Lansing; married 1781 to Cornelia Ray; father of Jane Lansing (who married Edward Livingston) and Frances Lansing (who married Jacob Livingston Sutherland); uncle of Gerrit Yates Lansing, Robert Lansing (1799-1878) and Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); granduncle of Abraham Lansing and Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); great-granduncle of Robert Lansing (1864-1928), Stuart Douglas Lansing and Emma Sterling Lansing; second great-granduncle of Agnes Phelps Blake; second cousin once removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin of Cornelius Lansing; third cousin thrice removed of Abram Wendell Lansing and Henry Van Woert.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York; Lansing family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Abraham Gerritse Lansing (1756-1834) — also known as Abraham G. Lansing — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 12, 1756. Postmaster at Albany, N.Y., 1782-92; New York state treasurer, 1803-08, 1810-12; appointed 1803, 1810. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 15, 1834 (age 77 years, 154 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Gerrit Jacobse Lansing and Jannetje 'Jane' (Waters) Lansing; brother of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr.; married, April 9, 1779, to Susanna Yates; father of Gerrit Yates Lansing; uncle of Robert Lansing (1799-1878) and Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); grandfather of Abraham Lansing; granduncle of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); great-granduncle of Robert Lansing (1864-1928), Stuart Douglas Lansing and Emma Sterling Lansing; second great-granduncle of Agnes Phelps Blake; second cousin once removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin of Cornelius Lansing; third cousin thrice removed of Abram Wendell Lansing and Henry Van Woert.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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. Lawyer; Albany County Probate Judge, 1816-23; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1831-37; president, Albany Savings Bank, 1854-62; president, Albany Insurance Company, 1859-62. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 3, 1862 (age 78 years, 152 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Gerritse Lansing and Susanna (Yates) Lansing; married to Helen Ten Eyck; nephew of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr.; uncle of Abraham Lansing; grandson of Abraham Robertse Yates; first cousin of Robert Lansing (1799-1878) and Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); first cousin once removed of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); first cousin twice removed of Robert Lansing (1864-1928), Stuart Douglas Lansing and Emma Sterling Lansing; first cousin thrice removed of Agnes Phelps Blake; second cousin twice removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; second cousin thrice removed of Bradford R. Lansing; third cousin once removed of Cornelius Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Jacob Livingston Sutherland (1788-1845) — also known as Jacob Sutherland — of North Blenheim, Schoharie County, N.Y. Born in Bangall, Dutchess County, N.Y., June 4, 1788. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1819-23; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; elected New York state senate 3rd District 1822, but never took office; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1822-35; Presidential Elector for New York, 1836. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., May 12, 1845 (age 56 years, 342 days). Interment at Washington Street Cemetery, Geneva, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Solomon D. Sutherland and Tamma (Thompson) Sutherland; married, September 18, 1811, to Frances Lansing (daughter of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr.); nephew of Smith Thompson; first cousin of Matthias Burnett Tallmadge, James Tallmadge Jr. and Gilbert Livingston Thompson; first cousin twice removed of Guy Vernor Henry; second cousin once removed of Enos Thompson Throop, George Bliss Throop and Israel Thompson Hatch; third cousin of Israel Dodd Condit; third cousin twice removed of Eugene Lamb Richards Jr. and Mary Mather Hooker; fourth cousin once removed of Jacob Clark Pike.
  Political families: Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York; Lansing family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Livingston (1796-1840) — of Albany County, N.Y. Born in Dutchess County, N.Y., April 3, 1796. Lawyer; clerk of the New York State Assembly, 1822-25 and 1826-28; Albany County District Attorney, 1825-38; member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1833, 1835, 1837; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1837. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., June 16, 1840 (age 44 years, 74 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Philip Henry Livingston and Maria (Livingston) Livingston; married to Sarah Ray Lansing (daughter of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr.); nephew of Henry Walter Livingston and Edward Philip Livingston; grandson of Walter Livingston; grandnephew of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794) and Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792); great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1708-1790) and Philip Livingston; great-grandnephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Philip P. Schuyler and Stephen John Schuyler; second great-grandson of Dirck Ten Broeck and Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); second great-grandnephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; third great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Robert Livingston the Elder, Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Pieter Van Brugh and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); third great-grandnephew of Jacobus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Cuyler; fourth great-grandson of Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin once removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Rensselaer Westerlo; first cousin twice removed of Philip Peter Livingston, James Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), Bronson Murray Cutting and Robert Reginald Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre Van Cortlandt and Brockholst Livingston; first cousin four times removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Cornelis Cuyler and John Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Philip Schuyler, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and Henry Bell Van Rensselaer; second cousin once removed of Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William Alexander Duer, John Duer, James Alexander Hamilton, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Edward Livingston (1764-1836), James Parker and Herbert Livingston Satterlee; second cousin thrice removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, James Jay, Henry Cruger, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer and John Eliot Thayer Jr.; third cousin of Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and John Jay II; third cousin once removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, Peter Gansevoort, Hamilton Fish, John Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936), Robert Ray Hamilton, John Kean and Hamilton Fish Kean; third cousin twice removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991) and Robert Winthrop Kean; third cousin thrice removed of Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; fourth cousin once removed of George Washington Schuyler, Philip N. Schuyler, William Waldorf Astor, John Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Lansing family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  George Corlis Sherman (1799-1863) — also known as George C. Sherman — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., December 14, 1799. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 5th District, 1844-45. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 23, 1863 (age 63 years, 130 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Phineas Sherman and Emma (Thornton) Sherman; married, January 3, 1828, to Mary Ann Hubbard; father of Sarah Maria Sherman (who married Frederick Lansing); grandfather of Stuart Douglas Lansing; great-grandfather of Agnes Phelps Blake.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Lansing (1799-1878) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., February 2, 1799. Lawyer; Jefferson County District Attorney, 1826-33, 1845-46; member of New York state senate, 1832-35, 1854-55 (5th District 1832-35, 21st District 1854-55). Died October 3, 1878 (age 79 years, 243 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Sanders Gerritse Lansing and Catherine (Ten Eyck) Lansing; brother of Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); married, December 22, 1831, to Maria Hubbard; married, February 2, 1841, to Cornelia Hubbard; nephew of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; uncle of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); grandfather of Robert Lansing (1864-1928) and Emma Sterling Lansing; granduncle of Stuart Douglas Lansing; great-granduncle of Agnes Phelps Blake; first cousin of Gerrit Yates Lansing; first cousin once removed of Abraham Lansing; second cousin twice removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin once removed of Cornelius Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Lansing (1806-1861) — of Little Falls, Herkimer County, N.Y. Born May 30, 1806. Democrat. Postmaster at Little Falls, N.Y., 1827-41, 1859-61; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1840; vice-president and director, Herkimer County Bank; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1856. Died in 1861 (age about 55 years). Interment at Church Street Cemetery, Little Falls, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Sanders Gerritse Lansing and Catherine (Ten Eyck) Lansing; brother of Robert Lansing (1799-1878); married, March 17, 1831, to Catherine M. Alexander; nephew of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; uncle of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); granduncle of Robert Lansing (1864-1928), Stuart Douglas Lansing and Emma Sterling Lansing; great-granduncle of Agnes Phelps Blake; first cousin of Gerrit Yates Lansing; first cousin once removed of Abraham Lansing; second cousin twice removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin once removed of Cornelius Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Abraham Lansing (1835-1899) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., February 27, 1835. Lawyer; New York state treasurer, 1874; member of New York state senate 17th District, 1882-83. Dutch and English ancestry. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., October 4, 1899 (age 64 years, 219 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Yates Lansing and Caroline Mary (Thomas) Lansing; married, November 26, 1873, to Catherine Gansevoort; nephew of Gerrit Yates Lansing; grandson of Abraham Gerritse Lansing; grandnephew of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr.; great-grandson of Abraham Robertse Yates; first cousin once removed of Robert Lansing (1799-1878) and Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); second cousin of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); second cousin once removed of Robert Lansing (1864-1928), Stuart Douglas Lansing and Emma Sterling Lansing; second cousin twice removed of Agnes Phelps Blake; second cousin thrice removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin once removed of Asahel Otis; third cousin twice removed of Joseph Otis, Benjamin Lincoln, Samuel Allyne Otis, Cornelius Lansing and Bradford R. Lansing; fourth cousin of Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg and Asa H. Otis; fourth cousin once removed of Harrison Gray Otis.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
John W. Foster John Watson Foster (1836-1917) — also known as John W. Foster — of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind.; Washington, D.C. Born in Pike County, Ind., March 2, 1836. Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868; postmaster at Evansville, Ind., 1869-73; Indiana Republican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1873-80; Russia, 1880-81; Spain, 1883-85; U.S. Secretary of State, 1892-93. Presbyterian. Member, Loyal Legion. Died in Washington, D.C., November 15, 1917 (age 81 years, 258 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Matthew Watson Foster and Eleanor (Johnson) Foster; married 1859 to Mary Parke McFerson; father of Eleanor Foster (who married Robert Lansing); grandfather of John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles.
  Political families: Lansing family of Albany, New York; Foster-Dulles family of Watertown and New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John W. Foster (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1971) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Life and Work of James G. Blaine (1893)
  Abram Wendell Lansing (1836-1896) — also known as Abram W. Lansing — of Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y. Born in Greenwich, Washington County, N.Y., July 26, 1836. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper publisher; postmaster at Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1889-93. Dutch and English ancestry. Died in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, N.Y., June 8, 1896 (age 59 years, 318 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Wendell Abram Lansing and Eliza (Herrington) Lansing; married, June 19, 1866, to Hannah Straight; second great-grandnephew of Abraham Jacob Lansing; first cousin thrice removed of Cornelius Lansing; third cousin once removed of Clayton Harvey Deming; third cousin thrice removed of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; fourth cousin once removed of Bradford R. Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frederick Lansing (1838-1894) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Manheim, Herkimer County, N.Y., February 16, 1838. Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York state senate 21st District, 1882-85; U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1889-91. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., January 31, 1894 (age 55 years, 349 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham TenEyck Lansing and Jane Ann (Stewart) Lansing; married, February 20, 1867, to Sarah Maria Sherman (daughter of George Corlis Sherman); nephew of Robert Lansing (1799-1878) and Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); uncle of Stuart Douglas Lansing; grandnephew of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; granduncle of Agnes Phelps Blake; first cousin once removed of Gerrit Yates Lansing, Robert Lansing (1864-1928) and Emma Sterling Lansing; second cousin of Abraham Lansing; second cousin thrice removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin twice removed of Cornelius Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Bradford R. Lansing (1860-1912) — of Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Niskayuna, Schenectady County, N.Y., 1860. Republican. Grocer; pork dealer; mayor of Rensselaer, N.Y., 1901; member of New York state assembly, 1906-12 (Rensselaer County 3rd District 1906, Rensselaer County 2nd District 1907-12); died in office 1912. Died in Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, N.Y., February 4, 1912 (age about 51 years). Interment at Greenbush Cemetery, Rensselaer, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Austin Y. Lansing and Sarah Eliza (Patterson) Lansing; married, June 8, 1887, to Alice R. Crannell; third great-grandnephew of Abraham Jacob Lansing and Abraham Robertse Yates; first cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer Lakin Brown; first cousin four times removed of Cornelius Lansing; second cousin twice removed of Arthur Brown and Addison Makepeace Brown; second cousin thrice removed of Gerrit Yates Lansing; second cousin five times removed of Pierpont Edwards; third cousin twice removed of Abraham Lansing; fourth cousin of Garry Eldridge Brown; fourth cousin once removed of Abram Wendell Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Lansing (1864-1928) — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., October 17, 1864. Lawyer; U.S. Secretary of State, 1915-20. Member, American Political Science Association; Psi Upsilon. Died, of myocarditis, in Washington, D.C., October 30, 1928 (age 64 years, 13 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Lansing and Maria Lay (Dodge) Lansing; brother of Emma Sterling Lansing; married, January 15, 1890, to Eleanor Foster (daughter of John Watson Foster); grandson of Robert Lansing (1799-1878); grandnephew of Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); great-grandnephew of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; first cousin once removed of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); first cousin twice removed of Gerrit Yates Lansing; second cousin of Stuart Douglas Lansing; second cousin once removed of Abraham Lansing and Agnes Phelps Blake; second cousin four times removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin thrice removed of Cornelius Lansing.
  Political families: Lansing family of Albany, New York; Foster-Dulles family of Watertown and New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Richard Crane — Thomas Burke
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Stuart Douglas Lansing (1866-1927) — also known as Stuart D. Lansing — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., November 21, 1866. Republican. President, Bagley Sewall Co., manufacturers of paper-making machines; banker; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1912. Died, from heart disease, in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., September 3, 1927 (age 60 years, 286 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Sanders Lansing and Mary Hubbard (Sherman) Lansing; married, September 20, 1893, to Carrie S. Bagley; nephew of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); uncle of Agnes Phelps Blake; grandson of George Corlis Sherman; grandnephew of Robert Lansing (1799-1878) and Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); great-grandnephew of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; first cousin twice removed of Gerrit Yates Lansing; second cousin of Robert Lansing (1864-1928) and Emma Sterling Lansing; second cousin once removed of Abraham Lansing; second cousin four times removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin thrice removed of Cornelius Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Emma Sterling Lansing (1872-1956) — also known as Emma S. Lansing — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 7, 1872. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932. Female. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 10, 1956 (age 84 years, 3 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of John Lansing and Maria Lay (Dodge) Lansing; sister of Robert Lansing (1864-1928); granddaughter of Robert Lansing (1799-1878); grandniece of Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); great-grandniece of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; first cousin once removed of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); first cousin twice removed of Gerrit Yates Lansing; second cousin of Stuart Douglas Lansing; second cousin once removed of Abraham Lansing and Agnes Phelps Blake; second cousin four times removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing; third cousin thrice removed of Cornelius Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Agnes Phelps Blake (1907-1986) — also known as Agnes Phelps Lansing; Agnes P. Lansing — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 9, 1907. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from Jefferson County, 1936. Female. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 11, 1986 (age 78 years, 245 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of Addison Farwell Lansing and Agnes (Van Ostrand) Lansing; married, July 22, 1939, to Joseph Augustus Blake; niece of Stuart Douglas Lansing; grandniece of Frederick Lansing (1838-1894); great-granddaughter of George Corlis Sherman; great-grandniece of Robert Lansing (1799-1878) and Frederick Lansing (1806-1861); second great-grandniece of John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. and Abraham Gerritse Lansing; first cousin thrice removed of Gerrit Yates Lansing; second cousin once removed of Robert Lansing (1864-1928) and Emma Sterling Lansing; second cousin twice removed of Abraham Lansing; second cousin five times removed of Abraham Jacob Lansing.
  Political family: Lansing family of Albany, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.
 
  The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.  
  The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.  
  Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.  
  The official URL for this page is: https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1609.html.  
  Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.  
  If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.  
Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2025 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.
What is a "political graveyard"? See Political Dictionary; Urban Dictionary.
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDLmi.com. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on February 17, 2025.