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Politicians in Banking and Finance in New York, T-V

Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) — also known as Henry W. Taft — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, May 27, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; director, Central Savings Bank of New York; trustee, Mutual Life Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924. Member, American Bar Association; Skull and Bones; Psi Upsilon. Tripped and fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as a result, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles Phelps Taft; brother of William Howard Taft (who married Helen Louise Herron); married, March 28, 1883, to Julia Walbridge Smith; father of Walbridge S. Taft; uncle of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; granduncle of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; great-granduncle of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William Warner Hoppin, John Milton Thayer, Edward M. Chapin and George Franklin Chapin.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Davis family of Massachusetts; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article   Charles Newhall Taintor (1840-1920) — also known as Charles N. Taintor — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., November 28, 1840. Republican. Map and book publisher; New York Commissioner of Emigration, 1881-89; New York City Police Justice, 1889-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1888; candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1893; president, United States Savings Bank, 1910-20. Member, Psi Upsilon. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 12, 1920 (age 79 years, 105 days). Interment at Linwood Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Ralph Smith Taintor and Phebe Higgins (Lord) Taintor; married to Isabella Comstock; married, April 23, 1872, to Georgiana Strang; first cousin twice removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor and Solomon Taintor; second cousin once removed of John Adams Taintor and Henry G. Taintor; third cousin once removed of DeGrasse Maltby and Henry Taintor; fourth cousin once removed of Calvin Frisbie, Samuel Lord, Samuel DeWitt Maltby and Benjamin Josiah Maltby.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin Tallmadge (1754-1835) — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., February 25, 1754. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; banker; postmaster at Litchfield, Conn., 1792-1801; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1801-17 (at-large 1801-05, 7th District 1805-07, at-large 1807-09, 7th District 1809-11, at-large 1811-17). Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Slaveowner. Died in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., March 7, 1835 (age 81 years, 10 days). Interment at East Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Tallmadge (1723-1786) and Susannah (Smith) Tallmadge; married to Mary Floyd; father of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge; third great-grandson of Thomas Willett and William Leete; first cousin of James Tallmadge; first cousin once removed of Matthias Burnett Tallmadge, James Tallmadge Jr., Joel Tallmadge Jr. and Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge; first cousin twice removed of John James Tallmadge, Isaac Smith Tallmadge and Daniel Webster Tallmadge; first cousin thrice removed of Millard Ellsworth Lane and Charles Dunsmore Millard; second cousin of Peter Robert Livingston and Maturin Livingston; second cousin once removed of Pierpont Edwards; second cousin thrice removed of George Landon Ingraham, Peter Goelet Gerry and Ogden Livingston Mills; second cousin four times removed of Charles H. Chittenden and Daniel Phoenix Ingraham; third cousin of Aaron Burr, Theodore Dwight and Henry Waggaman Edwards; third cousin once removed of Enoch Woodbridge and Joseph Silliman (1756-1829); fourth cousin of Noah Phelps, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Frederick Wolcott, William Woodbridge and Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850); fourth cousin once removed of Elisha Phelps, Frederick Enoch Woodbridge and Joseph Fitch Silliman.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin Irving Taylor (1877-1946) — also known as Benjamin I. Taylor — of Harrison, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 21, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; U.S. Representative from New York 25th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Redmen; Royal Arcanum; Foresters. Died, in United Hospital, Port Chester, Westchester County, N.Y., September 5, 1946 (age 68 years, 258 days). Interment at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Maurice H. Taylor and Ella (Archer) Taylor; married to Harriet Tyler Bulkley.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Harry A. Tellier (b. 1883) — of North Rose, Wayne County, N.Y. Born in Humboldt County, Iowa, November 2, 1883. Republican. Banker; member of New York state assembly from Wayne County, 1925-31. Burial location unknown.   John Boyd Thacher II (1882-1957) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Leadville, Lake County, Colo., October 26, 1882. 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, Menands, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of George H. Thacher and Emma Louise (Bennett) Thacher; married, June 17, 1918, to Lulu Abel Cameron; nephew of John Boyd Thacher; grandson of George Hornell Thacher.   Political family: Thacher family of Albany, New York.   See also Wikipedia article George Lincoln Thompson (1864-1941) — also known as George L. Thompson — of Kings Park, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Smithtown, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., November 22, 1864. Republican. Merchant; banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908; member of New York state assembly from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1909-10, 1912; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1915-41; defeated, 1912; died in office 1941. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Lions. Died, from a heart attack, in Kings Park, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., September 1, 1941 (age 76 years, 283 days). Interment at St. James Episcopal Church Graveyard, St. James, Long Island, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Richmond Ansel Thompson and Ennie Elizabeth (Handshaw) Thompson; married to Lottie F. Scott.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York Red Book 1936   Jonathan Thompson (1773-1846) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Islip, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., December 7, 1773. Merchant; importing business; banker; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1820-29. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 30, 1846 (age 73 years, 23 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Thompson and Mary (Gardiner) Thompson; married to Elizabeth Havens.   See also Wikipedia article   William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) — also known as William B. Thompson — of Yonkers, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Virginia City, Madison County, Mont., May 13, 1869. Republican. Mining magnate; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916, 1920; director, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; director, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Died, from pneumonia, June 27, 1930 (age 61 years, 45 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of William Thompson and Anna M. (Boyce) Thompson; married, February 6, 1895, to Gertrude Hickman; father of Margaret Thompson (who married Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.).   Political family: Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   John L. Thorne (b. 1814) — of Batavia, Genesee County, N.Y.; Hastings, Dakota County, Minn. Born in Winkleigh, Devon, England, May 18, 1814. Merchant; banker; mayor of Hastings, Minn., 1860-61, 1863-65, 1869-70. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1863 to Josephine Chapman.   George Bliss Throop (1793-1854) — also known as George B. Throop — of Auburn, Cayuga County, N.Y. Born in Johnstown, Fulton County, N.Y., April 12, 1793. Lawyer; postmaster at Aurelius, N.Y., 1814-18; Auburn, N.Y., 1818-35; member of New York state senate 7th District, 1828-31; banker. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., February 23, 1854 (age 60 years, 317 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Bliss Throop (1761-1794) and Abia (Thompson) Throop; half-brother of Eliza Hatch (who married Gershom Powers) and Israel Thompson Hatch; brother of Enos Thompson Throop; second cousin of Smith Thompson; second cousin once removed of Jacob Livingston Sutherland and Gilbert Livingston Thompson; second cousin thrice removed of Guy Vernor Henry.   Political families: Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Condit family of Orange, New Jersey; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Edwards-Davenport-Thompson-Hooker family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Thompson-Sutherland family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   John Townsend (1783-1854) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Orange County, N.Y., June 14, 1783. Whig. Foundry business; banker; mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1829-31. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., August 26, 1854 (age 71 years, 73 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Henry Townsend and Mary (Bennett) Townsend; married, July 7, 1810, to Abby Spencer (daughter of Ambrose Spencer; sister of John Canfield Spencer); father of Julia Isabella Townsend (who married Allen Munroe).   Political family: Clinton-DeWitt family of New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article   Charles Edward Treman (b. 1868) — also known as Charles E. Treman — of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y. Born in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., October 11, 1868. Democrat. Merchant; banker; New York State Superintendent of Public Works, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912. Presbyterian. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Elias Treman and Elizabeth (Lovejoy) Treman; married, December 5, 1900, to Mary A. Bott.   James H. Tripp (b. 1832) — of Marathon, Cortland County, N.Y. Born in Columbia County, N.Y., January 17, 1832. Republican. Banker; member of New York state assembly from Cortland County, 1892-93. Member, American Bankers Association. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Daniel A. Tripp and Loretta (Haviland) Tripp.   Jonathan Trotter (1797-1865) — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, August, 1797. Democrat. Leather finisher; mayor of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1835-36; banker. Member, Tammany Hall. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 5, 1865 (age 67 years, 0 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Married to Hannah Watts.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Edwin Fuller Uhl (1841-1901) — also known as Edwin F. Uhl — of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich. Born in Rush, Monroe County, N.Y., August 14, 1841. Democrat. Lawyer; Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-72; president, Grand Rapids National Bank, 1881-93; mayor of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1890-92; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1896-97. Died May 17, 1901 (age 59 years, 276 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.   Relatives: Son of David M. Uhl and Catherine (De Garmo) Uhl; married, May 1, 1865, to Alice Follett (daughter of Benjamin Follett).   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary   Bloomfield Usher (1814-1893) — of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in Herkimer, Herkimer County, N.Y., 1814. Hatter; canal superintendent; banker; member of New York state senate 15th District, 1857. Died in 1893 (age about 79 years). Interment at Bayside Cemetery, Potsdam, N.Y.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. (1762-1848) — of Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Croton, Westchester County, N.Y., August 29, 1762. Lawyer; banker; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1791-92, 1793-95; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1811-13; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Slaveowner. Died in Peekskill, Westchester County, N.Y., July 13, 1848 (age 85 years, 319 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Pierre Van Cortlandt and Joanna (Livingston) Van Cortlandt; brother of Philip Van Cortlandt; married 1801 to Catherine Clinton (daughter of George Clinton); married to Anne Stevenson; nephew of Robert Gilbert Livingston; grandson of Gilbert Livingston; grandnephew of John Livingston and Robert Livingston (1688-1775); great-grandson of Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Robert Livingston the Elder and Abraham de Peyster; great-grandnephew of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Johannes de Peyster and Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed of Stephanus Bayard, Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775), William Livingston, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler and Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); first cousin twice removed of Robert Livingston the Younger, Johannes DePeyster, Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746), Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Nicholas Fish and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin thrice removed of David Davidse Schuyler, Myndert Davidtse Schuyler, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin four times removed of Guy Vernor Henry, Montgomery Schuyler Jr. and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin five times removed of Hamilton Fish (born 1951) and Alexa Fish Ward; second cousin of Nicholas Bayard, Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Henry Brockholst Livingston, Edward Livingston (1764-1836), Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and James Parker; second cousin once removed of James Jay, Matthew Clarkson, Philip P. Schuyler, Henry Rutgers, John Jay, Frederick Jay, Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and John Cortlandt Parker; second cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, John Jay II, James Adams Ekin, John Jacob Astor III, Richard Wayne Parker and Charles Wolcott Parker; second cousin thrice removed of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, William Waldorf Astor, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Sluyter Wirt, John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean and Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin four times removed of Herbert Livingston Satterlee, William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Peter Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills, John Eliot Thayer Jr., Robert Reginald Livingston, Bronson Murray Cutting, Robert Winthrop Kean and Brockholst Livingston; second cousin five times removed of Thomas Howard Kean; third cousin of Volkert Petrus Douw, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer, Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, James Livingston, John Stevens III, Peter Samuel Schuyler, Killian Killian Van Rensselaer and Philip DePeyster; third cousin once removed of Leonard Gansevoort, Leonard Gansevoort Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin Livingston, George Washington Schuyler and Philip N. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed of Peter Gansevoort, Gerrit Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Eugene Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed of Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Karl Cortlandt Schuyler.   Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Charles Franklin Van de Water (1872-1920) — also known as Charles F. Van de Water — of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Hobart, Delaware County, N.Y., October 10, 1872. Republican. Real estate developer; bank director; elected U.S. Representative from California 9th District 1920, but died before taking office. Methodist. While driving in a dense fog, he collided with a truck parked on the road, and died soon after, in Pomona Valley Hospital, Pomona, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 20, 1920 (age 48 years, 41 days). His secretary, Janice Luebben, was also killed, and others in his car were injured. The truck driver, Carlyle Hughes, was later convicted of criminal negligence for leaving the truck on the road. Interment at Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Jane Bertha 'Jennie' (Wilde) Van de Water and Rev. Isaac Randolph Van de Water; married 1904 to Edith Weir Van de Water.   Image source: U.S. passport application (1920)   Edward Butterfield Vreeland (1856-1936) — also known as Edward B. Vreeland — of Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. Born in Cuba, Allegany County, N.Y., 1856. Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; banker; postmaster at Salamanca, N.Y., 1889-91; U.S. Representative from New York, 1899-1913 (34th District 1899-1903, 37th District 1903-13); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1936 (age about 80 years). Interment at Wildwood Cemetery, Salamanca, N.Y.   Relatives: Married to Myra S. Price.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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