The Political Graveyard: Rensselaer County, N.Y.

Herman Knickerbocker (1779-1855) — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., July 27, 1779. U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1809-11; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1815-16. Slaveowner. Died January 30, 1855 (age 75 years, 187 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.

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Van Vleck-Bancker Cemetery
Brunswick, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Flores Bancker (c.1741-1821) — of Albany County, N.Y. Born about 1741. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1779-80. Died February 7, 1821 (age about 80 years). Interment at Van Vleck-Bancker Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Mountain View Cemetery
Scott Avenue
Castleton-on-Hudson, Rensselaer County, New York
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

James Lawrence Hogeboom (1766-1839) — also known as James L. Hogeboom — of Castleton-on-Hudson, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Ghent, Columbia County, N.Y., August 25, 1766. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1804-05, 1807-08; Rensselaer County Judge, 1805-08; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1823-25; merchant. Slaveowner. Died in Castleton-on-Hudson, Rensselaer County, N.Y., December 23, 1839 (age 73 years, 120 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Lawrence Hogeboom and Hester (Leggett) Hogeboom; brother of Tobias Lawrence Hogeboom; married, May 14, 1794, to Mary Van Alstyne; first cousin of John C. Hogeboom; first cousin once removed of Henry Hogeboom; first cousin twice removed of John Clinton Hogeboom.
		Political family: Hogeboom family of Ghent, New York.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

George Anderson (1839-1916) — of Schodack, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; Castleton (now Castleton-on-Hudson), Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Westerlo, Albany County, N.Y., 1839. Republican. Farmer; builder; farm implement manufacturer; meat business; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1896-97. Died in 1916 (age about 77 years). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Olivette L. Johnson (1896-1981) — also known as Olivette Lamoureux — of Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born October 12, 1896. Democrat. Postmaster at Rensselaer, N.Y., 1937-47. Female. Died July 31, 1981 (age 84 years, 292 days). Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Center Cemetery
Grafton, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Wesley O. Howard — of Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Rensselaer County District Attorney, 1900; Justice of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1903-25; resigned 1925. Interment at Center Cemetery.

Image source: Empire State Notables (1914)

Hoosick Rural Cemetery
Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Gideon Reynolds (1813-1896) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1813. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1839; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1847-51; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1856, 1860. Died in 1896 (age about 83 years). Interment at Hoosick Rural Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Maple Grove Cemetery
Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Walter Abbott Wood (1815-1892) — also known as Walter A. Wood — of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New Hampshire, 1815. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1879-83. Died in 1892 (age about 77 years). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

William David Thomas (1880-1936) — also known as William D. Thomas — of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Middle Granville, Washington County, N.Y., March 22, 1880. Republican. Pharmacist; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1925-26; chair of Rensselaer County Republican Party, 1927-34; Rensselaer County Treasurer, 1927-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1936 (alternate); U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1934-36; died in office 1936. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., May 17, 1936 (age 56 years, 56 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of David D. Thomas and Mary (McKenzie) Thomas.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

St. Mary's Cemetery
Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, New York
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Joseph C. Riley (1887-1950) — of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 17, 1887. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of New York Democratic State Committee, 1925-50. Died in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, N.Y., June 11, 1950 (age 62 years, 237 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Nassau Cemetery
Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

George McClellan (1856-1927) — of Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Schodack, Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 10, 1856. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 27th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920. Died in 1927 (age about 70 years). Interment at Nassau Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Hugh W. McClellan — of Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936. Interment at Nassau Cemetery.

Van Alen Cemetery
North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Evert Van Alen (1749-1807) — also known as John E. Van Alen — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia County, N.Y., 1749. Merchant; civil engineer; U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1793-99; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1800-01. Slaveowner. Died in DeFreestville, Rensselaer County, N.Y., February 27, 1807 (age about 57 years). Interment at Van Alen Cemetery.

Pleasant Valley and Meadowlawn Cemetery
Petersburg, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Victor Maxon Allen (1870-1916) — also known as Victor M. Allen — of Petersburg, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Petersburg, Rensselaer County, N.Y., July 14, 1870. Publishing business; banker; Rensselaer County Sheriff, 1903; member of New York state senate 29th District, 1909-12; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 29th District, 1915. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks. Died in Saranac Lake, Franklin County, N.Y., September 25, 1916 (age 46 years, 73 days). Interment at Pleasant Valley and Meadowlawn Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Amos H. Allen and Emily J. (Maxon) Allen; married, October 3, 1894, to Blanche R. Percy.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Hunt Cemetery
Pittstown, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Hiram Paine Hunt (1796-1865) — also known as Hiram P. Hunt — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Pittstown, Rensselaer County, N.Y., May 23, 1796. Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1835-37, 1839-43. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., August 14, 1865 (age 69 years, 83 days). Interment at Hunt Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Hiram Hunt and Phebe (Paine) Hunt; married, May 19, 1819, to Anne Ayre Lane.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Hillside Cemetery
Poestenkill, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Eleazer Wooster (1811-1870) — of Poestenkill, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New Hampshire, October 2, 1811. Lawyer; postmaster; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 3rd District, 1866-67. Died January 11, 1870 (age 58 years, 101 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery.

See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Unknown Location
Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians formerly buried here:

Volkert Petrus Douw (1720-1801) — also known as Volkert P. Douw — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., March 23, 1720. Merchant; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1761-70; member of New York state senate Western District, 1785-93. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., March 20, 1801 (age 80 years, 362 days). Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.

		Relatives: Son of Petrus Douw and Anna (Van Rensselaer) Douw; married, May 20, 1742, to Anna De Peyster; uncle of Leonard Gansevoort and Leonard Gansevoort Jr.; granduncle of Peter Gansevoort; great-grandnephew of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Jacobus Van Cortlandt; first cousin of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian Killian Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed of Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin twice removed of James Alexander Hamilton and Philip Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; first cousin four times removed of Robert Ray Hamilton; first cousin five times removed of John Eliot Thayer Jr. and John Hubner II; second cousin of Philip P. Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, James Jay, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, John Jay, Pieter Schuyler, Frederick Jay, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer and Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin twice removed of Henry Walter Livingston and Henry Bell Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Edward Livingston, Charles Pinckney Brown and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer; second cousin five times removed of Charles Ludlow Livingston and Bronson Murray Cutting; third cousin of Nicholas Bayard, Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., James Parker, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; third cousin once removed of John Jay II and John Cortlandt Parker; third cousin twice removed of James Adams Ekin, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; third cousin thrice removed of John Sluyter Wirt and Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933).
		Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; VanRensselaer family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Wikipedia article

Greenbush Cemetery
Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Richard Platt Herrick (1791-1846) — also known as Richard P. Herrick — of Greenbush (now Rensselaer), Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Greenbush (now Rensselaer), Rensselaer County, N.Y., March 23, 1791. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1839; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1845-46; died in office 1846. Died in Washington, D.C., June 20, 1846 (age 55 years, 89 days). Interment at Greenbush Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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.

		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 New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Sand Lake Union Cemetery
Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:
	Thomas Frothingham (1755-1827) — of New York. Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 27, 1755. Member of New York state senate Eastern District, 1819-22. Died in Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, N.Y., June 25, 1827 (age 72 years, 149 days). Interment at Sand Lake Union Cemetery.
	Albert R. Fox (1810-1892) — of Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born February 18, 1810. Member of New York state senate 12th District, 1848-49. Died May 30, 1892 (age 82 years, 102 days). Interment at Sand Lake Union Cemetery.

Woodbine Cemetery
Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Lawrence A. Boland (d. 1906) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 19th District, 1896, 1898. Died in Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, N.Y., August 12, 1906. Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.

Relatives: Married to Caroline Merritt.

Elmwood Cemetery
Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

John Adam Quackenbush (1828-1908) — also known as John A. Quackenbush — of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 15, 1828. Republican. Farmer; lumber business; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 2nd District, 1863; Rensselaer County Sheriff, 1873-76; U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1889-93; defeated, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892, 1896 (alternate). Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, N.Y., May 11, 1908 (age 79 years, 209 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Herman Quackenbush and Elizabeth (Baucus) Quackenbush; married, September 29, 1852, to Harriet H. Kinney.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Masters Cemetery
Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Josiah Masters (1763-1822) — of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Connecticut, 1763. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1792-93, 1799-1801; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1805-09. Died in 1822 (age about 59 years). Interment at Masters Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Old Presbyterian Cemetery
Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Hosea Moffitt (1757-1825) — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, N.Y., November 17, 1757. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1793-95, 1796-98, 1800-01; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1813-17. Died in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, N.Y., August 31, 1825 (age 67 years, 287 days). Interment at Old Presbyterian Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Unknown Location
Troy, Rensselaer County,

Politicians formerly buried here:

Stephen John Schuyler (1737-1820) — also known as Stephen J. Schuyler — of Albany County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., April 14, 1737. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1777-79. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., December 14, 1820 (age 83 years, 244 days). Original interment somewhere; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.

		Relatives: Son of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelia (Van Cortlandt) Schuyler; brother of Philip John Schuyler; married to Helena Ten Eyck; uncle of Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724) and Jacobus Van Cortlandt; granduncle of Henry Walter Livingston, Philip Schuyler and James Alexander Hamilton; great-granduncle of Edward Livingston (1796-1840); second great-granduncle of Robert Ray Hamilton; third great-granduncle of Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870), John Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson Murray Cutting; fourth great-granduncle of Brockholst Livingston; first cousin of Stephanus Bayard and Pierre Van Cortlandt; first cousin once removed of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert Livingston, Nicholas Bayard, Philip Van Cortlandt, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. and James Parker; first cousin twice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer and John Cortlandt Parker; first cousin thrice removed of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, James Adams Ekin, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; first cousin four times removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and John Sluyter Wirt; second cousin of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, James Jay, Philip P. Schuyler, John Jay and Frederick Jay; second cousin once removed of Volkert Petrus Douw, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William Jay; second cousin twice removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish, George Washington Schuyler, John Jay II and Philip N. Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Peter Gansevoort, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Gerrit Smith, William Duer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Jacob Astor III, Eugene Schuyler, Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin four times removed of William Waldorf Astor, John Kean, Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Karl Cortlandt Schuyler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin five times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery Schuyler Jr., Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills, Robert Reginald Livingston, Robert Winthrop Kean and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996).
		Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Lansingburgh Village Cemetery
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Founded 1785
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Charles Selden (1756-1820) — of Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., November 23, 1756. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1803-04; member of New York state senate Eastern District, 1807-15. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 1, 1820 (age 63 years, 39 days). Interment at Lansingburgh Village Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Samuel Selden and Elizabeth (Ely) Selden; married to Abigail Warren Jones; grandfather of William Selden Gale and Josiah Gale; second great-grandfather of George Candee Gale.
		Political family: Gale-Selden family of Galesburg, Illinois.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Mt. Ida Cemetery
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Bird (1768-1806) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., November 22, 1768. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1795-98; U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1799-1801; resigned 1801. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., February 2, 1806 (age 37 years, 72 days). Interment at Mt. Ida Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

David Lowrey Seymour (1803-1867) — also known as David L. Seymour — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Newington, Hartford County, Conn., December 2, 1803. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1836; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1843-45, 1851-53; defeated, 1844, 1852, 1858; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867. Died in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Mass., October 11, 1867 (age 63 years, 313 days). Interment at Mt. Ida Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Ashbel Seymour and Mary (Lowrey) Seymour; married, July 27, 1837, to Maria Lucy Curtiss; fifth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; first cousin once removed of Caleb Seymour Pitkin; first cousin twice removed of Thomas Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Moses Seymour; third cousin of Thomas Henry Seymour; third cousin once removed of Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry Seymour; fourth cousin of Charles Robert Sherman, Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah Cook Seymour, George Seymour, McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Orsamus Cook Merrill, Gershom Birdsey, Benjamin Hard, Timothy Merrill, Charles Taylor Sherman, Silas Seymour, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman, John Sherman, Edward Woodruff Seymour, Augustus Sherrill Seymour, Joseph Battell, Morris Woodruff Seymour, Horatio Seymour Jr. and Norman Alexander Seymour.
		Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Oakwood Cemetery
101st St.
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Founded 1848; approximate acreage: 625
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1984

Politicians buried here:

William Henry Draper (1841-1921) — also known as William H. Draper — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Rochdale, Leicester, Worcester County, Mass., June 24, 1841. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York, 1901-13 (19th District 1901-03, 22nd District 1903-13). Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., December 7, 1921 (age 80 years, 166 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Dean Park Taylor (1902-1977) — also known as Dean P. Taylor — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 1, 1902. Republican. Lawyer; chair of Rensselaer County Republican Party, 1938-42; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940, 1956; U.S. Representative from New York, 1943-61 (29th District 1943-45, 33rd District 1945-53, 31st District 1953-61); New York Republican state chair, 1953-54. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., October 16, 1977 (age 75 years, 288 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of John P. Taylor and Jesse (Simmons) Taylor; married, June 21, 1928, to Mary Hayford.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Martin Ingham Townsend (1810-1903) — also known as Martin I. Townsend — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Massachusetts, 1810. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872 (delegation chair), 1884; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1875-79; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, 1879-86. Died in 1903 (age about 93 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

John Dean Dickinson (1767-1841) — also known as John D. Dickinson — of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., June 28, 1767. Village president of Lansingburgh, New York, 1801-05; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1816-17; U.S. Representative from New York, 1819-23, 1827-31 (10th District 1819-23, 9th District 1827-31). Slaveowner. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 28, 1841 (age 73 years, 214 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

John Augustus Griswold (1822-1872) — also known as John A. Griswold — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Nassau, Rensselaer County, N.Y., November 11, 1822. Mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1855-56; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1863-69; Republican candidate for Governor of New York, 1868; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., October 31, 1872 (age 49 years, 355 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

George Tibbits (1763-1849) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Rhode Island, 1763. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1799-1800, 1819-20; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1803-05; member of New York state senate Eastern District, 1814-18; mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1830-36. Died in 1849 (age about 86 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Ernest Harold Cluett (1874-1954) — also known as E. Harold Cluett — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., July 13, 1874. Republican. Director and officer, Cluett, Peabody & Co. collar and shirt manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for U.S. Senator from New York, 1934; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1937-43. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., February 4, 1954 (age 79 years, 206 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married 1899 to Margaret Robertson Gorham.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Joseph Mabbett Warren (1813-1896) — also known as Joseph M. Warren — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 28, 1813. Democrat. Wholesale grocer; banker; mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1851-52; U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1871-73. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., September 9, 1896 (age 83 years, 225 days). Entombed at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Job Pierson (1791-1860) — of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in New York, 1791. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1831-35. Died in 1860 (age about 69 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Edward Whitford Greenman (1840-1908) — also known as Edward W. Greenman — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Berlin, Rensselaer County, N.Y., January 26, 1840. Democrat. Merchant; manufacturer; Rensselaer County Clerk, 1868-71; U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1887-89; banker. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., August 3, 1908 (age 68 years, 190 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

Edward Worthington Pattison (1932-1990) — also known as Edward W. Pattison; Ned Pattison — of West Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., April 29, 1932. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1975-79; defeated, 1970 (30th District), 1978 (29th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984. Died August 22, 1990 (age 58 years, 115 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

John Paine Cushman (1784-1848) — of New York. Born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., March 8, 1784. U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1817-19. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., September 16, 1848 (age 64 years, 192 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Russell Sage (1816-1906) — also known as "The Sage of Troy"; "The Money King"; "Father of Puts and Calls"; "Old Straddle" — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Verona, Oneida County, N.Y., August 4, 1816. Whig. Merchant; banker; Rensselaer County Treasurer; delegate to Whig National Convention from New York, 1848; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1853-57; railroad builder; arrested in 1869 and charged with violation of New York usury laws by charging high interest rates on loans; fined and sentenced to five days in prison, which was later suspended. On December 4, 1891, Henry Norcross, a stockbroker, brought a bomb to Sage's office in New York City as part of an extortion scheme; when his demands were refused, he detonated the bomb, but Sage suffered only minor injuries. Died in Lawrence, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., July 22, 1906 (age 89 years, 352 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Prudence (Risley) Sage and Elisha Sage, Jr.; married, January 23, 1840, to Maria-Henrie Winne; married, November 24, 1869, to Margarett Olivia Slocum; fourth great-grandnephew of Robert Treat; second cousin once removed of Edgar Jared Doolittle; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Chittenden and Jonathan Brace; third cousin once removed of Martin Chittenden, Thomas Kimberly Brace, Alvah Nash and Dwight May Sabin; third cousin twice removed of Josiah Cowles; third cousin thrice removed of Robert Treat Paine; fourth cousin of Jeduthun Wilcox and Chittenden Lyon; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Chapin, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill, Daniel Upson, Greene Carrier Bronson, Daniel Kellogg, John Russell Kellogg, Leonard Wilcox, John Adams Taintor, John Calhoun Lewis, Millard Fillmore, Daniel Fiske Kellogg, Henry G. Taintor, Henry Gould Lewis and Daniel Frederick Webster.
		Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Eliphalet Wickes (1769-1850) — of Jamaica (now part of Queens), Queens County, N.Y. Born in Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., April 1, 1769. Lawyer; postmaster at Jamaica, N.Y., 1797-1805, 1807-35; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1805-07; Queens County District Attorney, 1818-21. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., June 7, 1850 (age 81 years, 67 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Thomas Wickes and Abigail (Van Wyck) Wickes; married to Martha Herriman.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

Henry Vail (1782-1853) — of New York. Born in New York, 1782. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1837-39. Died in 1853 (age about 71 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

John Richardson Thurman (1814-1854) — of New York. Born in New York, 1814. U.S. Representative from New York 15th District, 1849-51. Died in 1854 (age about 40 years). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Oakwood Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Joseph B. Carr — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Secretary of state of New York, 1880-85. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

Charles Russell Ingalls (1819-1908) — also known as Charles R. Ingalls — of Greenwich, Washington County, N.Y.; Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Greenwich, Washington County, N.Y., September 14, 1819. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Washington County 1st District, 1853; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860; Justice of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1864-85. Died in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., May 28, 1908 (age 88 years, 257 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Charles Frye Ingalls and Mary (Rogers) Ingalls; married 1846 to Mary E. Mosher; married 1852 to Lorenda Stevens; married to Margaret Lorenda Marvin.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Frederick W. Kavanaugh (1871-1940) — also known as Fred W. Kavanaugh — of Waterford, Saratoga County, N.Y. Born in Waterford, Saratoga County, N.Y., September 10, 1871. Republican. Knit goods manufacturer; hotel owner; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908 (alternate), 1936; Saratoga County Sheriff; member of New York state senate 32nd District, 1921-24; chair of Saratoga County Republican Party, 1924-32. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Redmen. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in the garage adjoining his home, in Waterford, Saratoga County, N.Y., December 2, 1940 (age 69 years, 83 days). Entombed at Oakwood Cemetery.

Relatives: Brother of George W. Kavanaugh; married to Lillian Le Roy.

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.

		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 Lansing.
		Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Lansing family of New York; Thompson-Sutherland family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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.

		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 New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Gerothman W. Cornell (1817-1885) — of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Cambridge, Washington County, N.Y., January 4, 1817. Republican. Merchant; grain dealer; postmaster at Lansingburgh, N.Y., 1874-81. Died in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y., April 11, 1885 (age 68 years, 97 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Govit Cornell and Phebe (Almy) Cornell; married to Mary Frances MacMurray; first cousin four times removed of Ezekiel Cornell; third cousin twice removed of Ezra Cornell and Nathaniel Briggs Durfee; fourth cousin of Francis Russell Edward Cornell; fourth cousin once removed of Alonzo Barton Cornell and Thurber Cornell.
		Political families: Durfee-Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island; Cornell family of New York; King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hatfield-Cornell-Woolsey family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Cornelius Van Santvoord Collins (1856-1926) — also known as Cornelius V. Collins — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Greenwich, Washington County, N.Y., June 20, 1856. Republican. Dry goods merchant; Troy city police commissioner, 1888-90; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900 (alternate), 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920; Rensselaer County Sheriff, 1905-08; postmaster. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1926 (age about 70 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.

St. Mary's Cemetery
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

Edward Murphy Jr. (1836-1911) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., December 15, 1836. Democrat. Brewer; mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1875-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904; New York Democratic state chair, 1887-94; U.S. Senator from New York, 1893-99. Died in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., August 3, 1911 (age 74 years, 231 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

		Relatives: Father of Julia M. Murphy (who married Hugh John Grant).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
		Image source: New York Red Book 1896

Harry E. Clinton — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924; mayor of Troy, N.Y., 1925-27. Catholic. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

Michael F. Collins — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County 1st District, 1886-87; member of New York state senate, 1888-91, 1894-95 (16th District 1888-91, 18th District 1894-95); candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1890 (18th District), 1916 (28th District). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

St. Peter's Cemetery
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York

Politicians buried here:

John Morrissey (1831-1878) — also known as "Old Smoke" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Tempolemore, County Tipperary, Ireland, February 12, 1831. Democrat. Champion heavyweight boxer of the U.S. in 1852-59; proprietor of gambling houses; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1867-71; member of New York state senate, 1876-78 (4th District 1876-77, 7th District 1878); died in office 1878. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Tammany Hall. Died at Adelphi Hotel, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., May 1, 1878 (age 47 years, 78 days). Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Timothy Morrissey.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Troy Cemetery
Troy, Rensselaer County, New York
Founded 1785
See also Findagrave page for this location.

Politicians buried here:

Walter Irving McCoy (1859-1933) — of New Jersey. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y., December 8, 1859. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1911-15 (8th District 1911-13, 9th District 1913-15); Associate Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1914-18; Chief Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1918-29; retired 1929. Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., July 17, 1933 (age 73 years, 221 days). Interment at Troy Cemetery.

Ebenezer William Walbridge (1779-1856) — also known as Ebenezer W. Walbridge — of Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y. Born in Bennington, Bennington County, Vt., October 28, 1779. Lawyer; banker; paper mill business; village president of Lansingburgh, New York, 1809-10, 1838; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1816-17, 1819-20. Presbyterian. Died in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), Rensselaer County, N.Y., March 23, 1856 (age 76 years, 147 days). Interment at Troy Cemetery.

		Relatives: Son of Elizabeth (Stebbins) Walbridge and Ebenezer Walbridge; married, January 12, 1805, to Sally Morgan; married, September 25, 1825, to Martha (Russell) Woodward; granduncle of Hiram Walbridge; first cousin of Henry Sanford Walbridge; second cousin once removed of John Jay Walbridge and David Safford Walbridge; second cousin twice removed of John Hill Walbridge and Henry E. Walbridge; second cousin thrice removed of Hiram Augustus Huse and Cyrus Packard Walbridge; second cousin four times removed of Clair Hiram Walbridge; second cousin five times removed of Herbert Edwin Walbridge.
		Political families: Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Upham family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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