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Herbert Almon Bartholomew (1871-1958) —
also known as Herbert A. Bartholomew —
of Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y.
Born in Whitehall, Washington
County, N.Y., November
3, 1871.
Republican. Farmer; cattle
breeder; member of New York
state assembly from Washington County, 1921-40; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944,
1952;
chair
of Washington County Republican Party, 1939-42.
English,
Scottish,
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Grange;
Farm
Bureau; Elks.
Died October
26, 1958 (age 86 years, 357
days).
Interment at Brick
Church Cemetery, Whitehall, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Heman Almon Bartholomew and Alice Lanta (Douglass) Bartholomew;
married 1896 to
Harriet Gibson Douglass. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Leslie Vermilyea Bateman (1871-1946) —
also known as Leslie V. Bateman —
of Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 17,
1871.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; fuel oil
business; mayor
of Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 1932-35; defeated, 1935; Westchester County
rationing administrator during World War II.
English
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons.
Died, in Mt. Vernon Hospital,
Mt. Vernon, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
13, 1946 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Bateman and Margaret Jane (Ganun) Bateman; married, November
17, 1897, to Mary Templeton Tamblyn. |
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George Loomis Becker (1829-1904) —
also known as George L. Becker —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Locke, Cayuga
County, N.Y., February
4, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1856-57; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1857;
candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1859, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1860;
member of Minnesota
state senate 1st District, 1868-71; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1885; appointed 1885.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., January
6, 1904 (age 74 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Henry Rutgers Beekman (1845-1900) —
also known as Henry R. Beekman —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
8, 1845.
Lawyer;
New York City Park Commissioner, 1885-87; president, New York City
Board of Aldermen, 1887-88; New York City Corporation Counsel,
1888-89; New York City superior court judge, 1895; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1896-1900; died in office
1900.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Psi
Upsilon.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
17, 1900 (age 55 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of William F. Beekman and Catharine A. Beekman; married 1870 to
Isabella Lawrence. |
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John Bogart (c.1836-1920) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1836.
Civil
engineer; New York
state engineer and surveyor, 1888-91.
Dutch ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
25, 1920 (age about 84
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Bogart; married 1870 to Emma
Cherrington Jefferis. |
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Charles Fred Boshart (1860-1928) —
also known as C. Fred Boshart —
of Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., September
17, 1860.
Republican. Hop farmer; banker;
member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1906-10; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
member, governing council, New York State Department of Farms and
Markets, 1921.
Swiss
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Lowville, Lewis
County, N.Y., October
16, 1928 (age 68 years, 29
days).
Interment at Lowville
Rural Cemetery, Lowville, N.Y.
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Alphonso Trumpbour Clearwater (1848-1933) —
also known as Alphonso T. Clearwater —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in West Point, Orange
County, N.Y., September
11, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; Ulster
County District Attorney, 1878-86; Ulster
County Judge, 1890-98; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1896;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court; appointed 1898; member, New York State
Probation Commission, 1909; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Dutch and French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., September
23, 1933 (age 85 years, 12
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Clearwater and Emily Baoudoin (Trumpbour) Clearwater;
married 1875 to Anna
Houghtaling Farrand. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Lemuel C. Clute (1834-1901) —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
7, 1834.
Lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1887; Prohibition candidate for Michigan
state attorney general, 1888; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1892.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Ionia
County, Mich., April
18, 1901 (age 66 years, 254
days).
Interment at Highland
Park Cemetery, Ionia, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Clute and Lucy Jane (Clements) Clute; married 1861 to Ellen
M. McPherson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Henry Cobb (b. 1864) —
also known as George H. Cobb —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Hounsfield town, Jefferson
County, N.Y., 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Jefferson
County District Attorney, 1899; member of New York
state senate 35th District, 1905-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1908;
Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1910.
Presbyterian.
English,
Scottish,
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elijah Cobb and Emily (Crandall) Cobb; married, April
19, 1893, to Louisa Wenzel. |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1907 |
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Sylvester Jones Conklin (b. 1829) —
also known as S. J. Conklin —
of Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Watertown, Codington
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., May 5,
1829.
Republican. Shoemaker;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859, 1869; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1868;
newspaper
publisher; Adjutant
General of South Dakota, 1901-03.
Dutch, Welsh,
and French
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1848 to Maria
Wait; married 1884 to Mattie
Greenslate; married 1895 to Anna
Duff. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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James C. Cropsey (1873-1937) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in New Utrecht (now part of Brooklyn), Kings
County, N.Y., 1873.
Republican. New York City Police
Commissioner, 1910-11; Kings
County District Attorney, 1912-16; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1916-37; appointed 1916;
died in office 1937; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1937; died in office 1937.
Dutch ancestry.
Died, from a glandular
ailment, in Brooklyn Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 16,
1937 (age about 63
years).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of William Cropsey and Mary Voorhies (Church) Cropsey; married 1898 to
Florence Graecen. |
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Charles Miller Croswell (1825-1886) —
also known as Charles M. Croswell —
of Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., October
31, 1825.
Republican. Carpenter;
contractor;
lawyer;
Lenawee
County Register of Deeds, 1851-54; law partner of Thomas
M. Cooley, 1855; mayor of
Adrian, Mich., 1862-63; member of Michigan
state senate, 1863-66, 1867-68 (10th District 1863-66, 8th
District 1867-68); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention, 1867; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Lenawee County 4th District,
1873-74; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1873-74; Governor of
Michigan, 1877-80.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch ancestry.
Died in Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich., December
13, 1886 (age 61 years, 43
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Adrian, Mich.
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Cornelis Cuyler (1697-1765) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1697.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1742-46.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
14, 1765 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Johannes
Cuyler and Elsje (Ten Broeck) Cuyler; grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Dirck
Ten Broeck and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin once removed of Robert
Livingston, Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, William
Livingston and Henry
Cruger; first cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, James
Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Peter
Gansevoort, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); first cousin four times removed of
Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston, Gerrit
Smith, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Jay II; first cousin five times removed of Henry
Newton Schuyler, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); first cousin six times removed of
Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Marion
Richard Schuyler, Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; first cousin seven times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; second cousin twice removed of Barent
Van Buren and Martin
Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed of John
Van Buren; second cousin four times removed of Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; second cousin five times removed of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Johannes Cuyler (c.1661-1740) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born about 1661.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1725-26.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry.
Died in 1740
(age about
79 years).
Original interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Hendrick Cuyler and Annatje (Schepmoes) Cuyler; brother of Maria
Cuyler (who married John
Cruger); married to Elsje Ten Broeck; father of Cornelis
Cuyler; uncle of John
Cruger Jr.; granduncle of Robert
Livingston, Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston, William
Livingston and Henry
Cruger; great-granduncle of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; second great-granduncle of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); third great-granduncle of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; fourth great-granduncle of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fifth great-granduncle of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; sixth great-granduncle of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; seventh great-granduncle of Hamilton
Fish, Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Casper Gilbert Decker (1860-1942) —
also known as Casper G. Decker —
of Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y.
Born in Summitville, Sullivan
County, N.Y., May 5,
1860.
President, Elmira Knitting
Mills; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1898 (29th District), 1916 (37th
District); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; Dry
candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Methodist.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died in Elmira, Chemung
County, N.Y., January
27, 1942 (age 81 years, 267
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Casper Schermerhorn Decker and Euphemia (Simpson) Decker; married,
March
2, 1901, to Caroline Fenton Spencer. |
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John Isaac De Graff (1783-1848) —
also known as John I. De Graff —
of Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., October
2, 1783.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1827-29, 1837-39 (12th District
1827-29, 11th District 1837-39); mayor
of Schenectady, N.Y., 1832-34, 1836, 1842, 1845.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., July 26,
1848 (age 64 years, 298
days).
Interment at Vale
Cemetery, Schenectady, N.Y.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) —
also known as Chauncey M. Depew —
of Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peekskill, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
23, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63; secretary
of state of New York, 1864-65; Westchester
County Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1868,
1892,
1896
(speaker),
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920
(speaker),
1924;
Liberal Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New York
Central Railroad;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1899-1911.
French
Huguenot, Dutch, and English
ancestry. Member, Union
League; Society
of the Cincinnati; Skull
and Bones.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 5,
1928 (age 93 years, 348
days).
Entombed at Hillside
Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Depew and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew; married, November
9, 1871, to Elise Hegeman; married, December
28, 1901, to May Palmer; second great-grandnephew of Roger
Sherman; second cousin twice removed of Roger
Sherman Baldwin, Sherman
Day, Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar, William
Maxwell Evarts and George
Frisbie Hoar; second cousin four times removed of Aaron
Burr; third cousin once removed of Simeon
Eben Baldwin, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar, Maxwell
Evarts and Arthur
Outram Sherman; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Robert Sherman and Merton
William Fairbank; third cousin thrice removed of Reuben
Bostwick Heacock; fourth cousin of John
Frederick Addis, Henry
de Forest Baldwin and Roger
Sherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed of John
Adams Dix, Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Charles
Warren Fairbanks, Newton
Hamilton Fairbanks, John
Stanley Addis and Archibald
Cox. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy
family of Maine (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The village
of Depew, New
York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Parties and The Men
(1896) |
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Isaac De Riemer (c.1666-1729) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born about 1666.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1700-01.
Dutch and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died February
23, 1729 (age about 63
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Derulle (b. 1851) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Luxembourg,
March
21, 1851.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; steamship
agent; U.S. Consular Agent in Luxembourg, 1904-11.
Luxemburgian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William Hedges DeWitt (1853-1902) —
also known as William H. DeWitt —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1883-85; Silver
Bow County Attorney, 1886-89; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1889-96; member of Republican
National Committee from Montana, 1900-02.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., January
18, 1902 (age 48 years, 308
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Jacob Evertson (1734-1807) —
of Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in South Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., January
3, 1734.
Member of New York
provincial congress, 1774-75; served in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War.
Presbyterian.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 1,
1807 (age 73 years, 118
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Valley Presbyterian Churchyard, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
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Leonard Gansevoort (1751-1810) —
also known as Leendert Harmense Gansevoort —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 14,
1751.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1778-79, 1787-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1788; member of New York
state senate, 1790-93, 1796-1802 (Western District 1790-93,
Eastern District 1796-98, Western District 1798-99, Eastern District
1799-1802); member of New York
council of appointment, 1797.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
26, 1810 (age 59 years, 43
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Harmen Gansevoort and Magdalena (Douw) Gansevoort; married, April
10, 1770, to Hester Cuyler; nephew of Volkert
Petrus Douw; uncle of Peter
Gansevoort; second great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt and Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; first cousin of Leonard
Gansevoort Jr.; first cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; second cousin of Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Philip
P. Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton and Philip
Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, James
Jay, Philip
John Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Ray Hamilton; second cousin four times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr. and John
Hubner II; third cousin of Pieter
Schuyler, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer and Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Henry
Walter Livingston, James
Parker, Peter
Augustus Jay, William
Jay and Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Edward
Livingston, Charles
Pinckney Brown and Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; fourth cousin of John
Jay II and John
Cortlandt Parker; fourth cousin once removed of James
Adams Ekin, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker. |
| | | 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 |
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Leonard Gansevoort Jr. (1754-1834) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born June 3,
1754.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1794-95.
Dutch ancestry.
Died December
16, 1834 (age 80 years, 196
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Johannes Gansevoort and Maria (Douw) Gansevoort; married 1777 to Maria
Van Rensselaer; nephew of Volkert
Petrus Douw; second great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt and Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; first cousin of Leonard
Gansevoort; first cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer and Peter
Gansevoort; second cousin of Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Philip
P. Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton and Philip
Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, James
Jay, Philip
John Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Ray Hamilton; second cousin four times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr. and John
Hubner II; third cousin of Pieter
Schuyler, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer and Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Henry
Walter Livingston, James
Parker, Peter
Augustus Jay, William
Jay and Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Edward
Livingston, Charles
Pinckney Brown and Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; fourth cousin of John
Jay II and John
Cortlandt Parker; fourth cousin once removed of James
Adams Ekin, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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George Washington Goethals (1858-1928) —
of Balboa Heights, Canal Zone (now Panama).
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 29,
1858.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; army
officer; chief engineer, Panama Canal, 1907-14; Governor of
Panama Canal Zone, 1914-17.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
21, 1928 (age 69 years, 206
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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William Slocum Groesbeck (1815-1897) —
also known as William S. Groesbeck —
of Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 24,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1857-59; member of Ohio
state senate 1st District, 1862-63; received one electoral vote
for Vice-President, 1872.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 7,
1897 (age 81 years, 348
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Bret Harte (1836-1902) —
also known as Francis Brett Hart —
of Union (now Arcata), Humboldt
County, Calif.; London, England.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., August
25, 1836.
Writer;
editor;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1878-80; Glasgow, 1880-85.
English,
Dutch, and Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Camberley, England,
May
2, 1902 (age 65 years, 250
days).
Interment at St.
Peter's Churchyard, Frimley, Surrey, England.
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Abraham Hasbrouck (1707-1791) —
of Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New Paltz, Ulster
County, N.Y., August
21, 1707.
Member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1781-82.
French
Huguenot and Dutch ancestry.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., November
10, 1791 (age 84 years, 81
days).
Interment at Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y.
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Gilbert DuBois Hasbrouck (1860-1942) —
also known as Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Port Ewen, Ulster
County, N.Y., February
19, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County 2nd District, 1884-85; Judge of
New York Court of Claims, 1902-04; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1908;
circuit judge in New York 3rd District; appointed 1904; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1904-05, 1913-30.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., June 5,
1942 (age 82 years, 106
days).
Interment at Wiltwyck
Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Hasbrouck and Ellen Jane (Blauvelt) Hasbrouck; married to
Julia Mary Munn. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) —
also known as Herbert Hoover; "The Great
Engineer"; "The Grand Old Man" —
of Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in West Branch, Cedar
County, Iowa, August
10, 1874.
Republican. Mining engineer;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-28; President
of the United States, 1929-33; defeated, 1932; speaker,
Republican National Convention, 1940,
1952,
1960.
Quaker.
Swiss
and Dutch ancestry.
Inducted into the National Mining Hall of
Fame, Leadville, Colorado.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, in his suite at the Waldorf Towers Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
20, 1964 (age 90 years, 71
days).
Interment at Herbert
Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Clark Hoover and Hulda Randall (Minthorn) Hoover; married,
February
10, 1899, to Lou
Hoover; father of Herbert
Clark Hoover Jr.; distant cousin *** of Charles
Lewis Hoover. |
| | | Political family: Hoover
family of Palo Alto, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
A. Mann — Walter
H. Newton — Christian
A. Herter — Lewis
L. Strauss — Clarence
C. Stetson |
| | | Hoover Dam
(built 1931-36 as Boulder Dam; renamed 1947), on the Colorado River
between Clark
County, Nevada, and Mohave
County, Arizona, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Glendale,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Des
Moines, Iowa, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — Herbert Hoover High
School, in Elkview,
West Virginia, is named for
him. — The minor
planets (asteroids) 932 Hooveria (discovered 1920), and
1363 Herberta (discovered 1935), are named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1928): "A chicken in
every pot." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Herbert Hoover: The
Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson |
| | | Books about Herbert Hoover: Martin L.
Fausold, The
Presidency of Herbert C. Hoover — Joan Hoff Wilson, Herbert
Hoover : Forgotten Progressive — George H. Nash, Life
of Herbert Hoover : The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 —
George H. Nash, The
Life of Herbert Hoover : Masters of Emergencies,
1917-1918 — William E. Leuchtenburg, Herbert
Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 — Glen
Jeansonne, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 —
Kendrick A. Clements, The
Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary,
1918-1928 — David Holford, Herbert
Hoover (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1965) |
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Irving G. Hubbs (1870-1952) —
of Pulaski, Oswego
County, N.Y.
Born in Sandy Creek, Oswego
County, N.Y., November
18, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1912-28; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1918-23; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1929-39; resigned 1939.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pulaski, Oswego
County, N.Y., July 22,
1952 (age 81 years, 247
days).
Interment at Pulaski
Cemetery, Pulaski, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George L. Hubbs and Catherine (Snyder) Hubbs; married, January
3, 1893, to Nancy Clark 'Nannie' Dixson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Frederick Jay (1747-1799) —
also known as Fady Jay —
of New
York County, N.Y.
Born April
19, 1747.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1777-83.
French
Huguenot and Dutch ancestry.
Died December
14, 1799 (age 52 years, 239
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother of James
Jay and John
Jay; uncle of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; grandson of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; granduncle of John
Jay II; second great-granduncle of Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
P. Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, Philip
Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed of Peter
Gansevoort, Edward
Livingston, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, James
Adams Ekin, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson
Murray Cutting, Brockholst
Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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James Jay (1732-1815) —
also known as "Sir James Jay" —
of New York.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
16, 1732.
Physician;
member of New York
state senate Southern District, 1778-82.
French
Huguenot and Dutch ancestry.
Knighted by King George III, 1763.
Died October
20, 1815 (age 83 years, 4
days).
Interment at Jay
Family Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother of John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; uncle of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; grandson of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; granduncle of John
Jay II; second great-granduncle of Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
P. Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, Philip
Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed of Peter
Gansevoort, Edward
Livingston, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, James
Adams Ekin, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson
Murray Cutting, Brockholst
Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward. |
| | | 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 — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Jay (1745-1829) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
12, 1745.
Lawyer;
law partner of Robert
R. Livingston; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76, 1778-79; state
court judge in New York, 1777; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1779-82; delegate
to New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New York
County, 1788; received 9 electoral votes, 1789;
received 5 electoral votes, 1796;
received one electoral vote, 1800;
Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1789-90; Governor of
New York, 1795-1801; defeated, 1792.
Episcopalian.
French
Huguenot and Dutch ancestry.
Died in Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 17,
1829 (age 83 years, 156
days).
Interment at Jay
Family Cemetery, Rye, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Pierre 'Peter' Jay and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay; brother of James
Jay and Frederick
Jay; married to Sarah Van Brugh Livingston (daughter of William
Livingston; sister-in-law of John
Cleves Symmes; sister of Henry
Brockholst Livingston; niece of Robert
Livingston, Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and Philip
Livingston; first cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston, Walter
Livingston and Philip
Peter Livingston); father of Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843) and William
Jay; grandson of Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; grandfather of John
Jay II; grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt; second great-grandfather of Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933); second cousin of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Philip
P. Schuyler, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker and Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893); second cousin twice removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, John
Cortlandt Parker, Nicholas
Fish and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936); second cousin thrice removed of Peter
Gansevoort, Edward
Livingston, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, James
Adams Ekin, Richard
Wayne Parker, Charles
Wolcott Parker, Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); second cousin four times removed of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); second cousin five times removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Bronson
Murray Cutting, Brockholst
Livingston, Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Jay County,
Ind. is named for him. |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Jay (built 1941-42 at Portland,
Oregon; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
J. Walbridge
— John
J. Jackson
— John
Jay Jackson, Jr.
— John
Jay Hart
— John J.
Good
— John
Jay Knox
— John
J. Kleiner
— John
J. Carton
— John
J. McCarthy
— John
J. Dorman
— John
Jay Hopkins
— John
J. McCloy
— John
Jay Justice
— John
Jay Pilar
— John
Jay Hooker
— John
Jay LaValle
— John
Jay Myers
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about John Jay: Walter Stahr, John
Jay : Founding Father — Phil Webster, Can
a Chief Justice Love God? The Life of John Jay |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1958) |
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Webber A. Joiner (1860-1940) —
also known as Webb A. Joiner —
of Attica, Wyoming
County, N.Y.
Born in Weathersfield town, Wyoming
County, N.Y., July 8,
1860.
Republican. Livestock
dealer; real estate
business; farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Wyoming County, 1922-26.
English
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in 1940
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Attica, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Perry Joiner and Mariette (Cleveland) Joiner; married 1882 to Mary
A. Wilson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1924 |
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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.
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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.
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Charles Mali (1818-1899) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Verviers, Belgium,
1818.
Importing
business; Consul
for Belgium in New
York, N.Y., 1867-98.
Belgian ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., July 10,
1899 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Henry William Theodore Mali (1804-1867) —
also known as Henry W. T. Mali —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Belgium,
October
9, 1804.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; importing
business; Consul
for Belgium in New
York, N.Y., 1839-67.
Belgian ancestry.
Died in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., February
24, 1867 (age 62 years, 138
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Pierre Mali (1856-1923) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Verviers, Belgium,
August
19, 1856.
Woollen
manufacturer; importing
business; Vice-Consul
for Belgium in New
York, N.Y., 1889-99; Consul
for Belgium in New
York, N.Y., 1899-1903; Honorary
Consul-General for Belgium in New
York, N.Y., 1921.
Belgian ancestry.
Died in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., October
4, 1923 (age 67 years, 46
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Scotch Plains, N.J.
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Elizabeth Monroe (1768-1830) —
also known as Elizabeth Kortright —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 30,
1768.
First
Lady of the United States, 1817-25.
Female.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Loudoun
County, Va., September
23, 1830 (age 62 years, 85
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Loudoun County, Va.; reinterment at
Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Leonard Pikaart (1866-1924) —
of Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., July 19,
1866.
Republican. Carpenter;
architect;
lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Passaic County, 1910-12.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Grange;
Junior
Order.
While repairing a chicken coop, he was accidentally
shot
in the heart, and killed, by a rifle held by 12-year-old Edward
Kupetz, in Hopewell Junction, Dutchess
County, N.Y., October
26, 1924 (age 58 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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David Provost (1670-1724) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
16, 1670.
Mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1699-1700.
Dutch and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in 1724
(age about
54 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John J. Robison (b. 1824) —
of Sharon Township, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Phelps, Ontario
County, N.Y., August
23, 1824.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1863-64; Washtenaw
County Clerk, 1869-72, 1883-86; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1872;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1874, 1876; member of
Michigan
state house of representatives from Washtenaw County 3rd
District, 1879-80; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1886-87.
Scotch-Irish,
English,
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) —
also known as "T.R."; "Teddy";
"The Colonel"; "The Hero of San Juan
Hill"; "The Rough Rider";
"Trust-Buster"; "The Happy
Warrior"; "The Bull Moose" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
27, 1858.
Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1884,
1900;
Republican candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Governor of
New York, 1899-1901; Vice
President of the United States, 1901; President
of the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916.
Christian
Reformed; later Episcopalian.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Alpha
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Received the Medal
of Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battle
there, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,
Wis., on October 14, 1912, was shot
in the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued his
speech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.
Awarded Nobel
Peace Prize in 1906; elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1950.
Died in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., January
6, 1919 (age 60 years, 71
days).
Interment at Youngs
Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.
| | |
Relatives: Son
of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt; brother of
Anna L. Roosevelt (who married William
Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923)) and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; married, October
27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee; married, December
2, 1886, to Edith
Kermit Carow (first cousin once removed of Daniel
Putnam Tyler); father of Alice
Lee Roosevelt (who married Nicholas
Longworth) and Theodore
Roosevelt Jr.; nephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; uncle of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Eleanor
Roosevelt (who married Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)), Corinne
Robinson Alsop and William
Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; granduncle of James
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Corinne
A. Chubb, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr. and John
deKoven Alsop; great-grandfather of Susan
Roosevelt (who married William
Floyd Weld); great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; second great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; second cousin twice removed of Philip
DePeyster; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Martin
Van Buren; fourth cousin once removed of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945). |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Gifford
Pinchot — David
J. Leahy — William
Barnes, Jr. — Oliver
D. Burden — William
J. Youngs — George
B. Cortelyou — Mason
Mitchell — Frederic
MacMaster — John
Goodnow — William
Loeb, Jr. — Asa
Bird Gardiner |
| | | Roosevelt counties in Mont. and N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | The minor
planet (asteroid) 188693 Roosevelt (discovered 2005), is
named
for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Theodore
Bassett
— Theodore
R. McKeldin
— Ted
Dalton
— Theodore
R. Kupferman
— Theodore
Roosevelt Britton, Jr.
|
| | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carry
a big stick." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: James
MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The
Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed
America — H. W. Brands, T.R
: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris, Theodore
Rex — Edmund Morris, The
Rise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum, The
Republican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr., Roosevelt
the Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,
1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III, Velvet
on Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — James
Chace, 1912
: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the
Country — Patricia O'Toole, When
Trumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the White
House — Candice Millard, The
River of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest
Journey — Lewis Einstein, Roosevelt
: His Mind in Action — Rick Marshall, Bully!:
The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt: Illustrated with More Than
250 Vintage Political Cartoons |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, October 1901 |
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Michael Schaap —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 31st District, 1913-14;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1916.
Jewish.
Dutch ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Augustus Schell (1812-1884) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., August
1, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director or trustee of several railroad
companies; New York
Democratic state chair, 1853-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1856,
1860,
1876
(speaker);
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1857-61; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1872-76; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1872-76; candidate for New York
state senate 7th District, 1877; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1878.
German
and Dutch ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Society; Tammany
Hall.
Died, from complications of Bright's
disease, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
27, 1884 (age 71 years, 239
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Richard Schell (1810-1879) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., May 15,
1810.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 6th District, 1858-59; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1874-75.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch and German
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
10, 1879 (age 69 years, 179
days).
Interment at Old
Dutch Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
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John Drake Sloat (1781-1867) —
Born in Sloatsburg, Rockland
County, N.Y., July 6,
1781.
Commodore in U.S. Navy; claimed California for the United States on
July 7, 1846; Military
Governor of California, 1846.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., November
28, 1867 (age 86 years, 145
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Presidio
of Monterey, Monterey, Calif.
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Pieter Stuyvesant (c.1612-1672) —
also known as Peter Stuyvesant; "Old Silver
Leg" —
of Nieuw Amsterdam, Niew Neederlandt (now part of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.); New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peperga, Friesland, Netherlands,
about 1612.
Dutch Director-General (colonial governor) of New Netherland,
1647-64.
Frisian ancestry.
Lost
his right leg in battle in 1644.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1672 (age
about 60
years).
Entombed at St.
Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Dirck Ten Broeck (1686-1751) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December
4, 1686.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1746-48.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in North Castle, Westchester
County, N.Y., January
7, 1751 (age 64 years, 34
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac DeGraff Toll (1818-1908) —
also known as Isaac D. Toll; "The
General" —
of Fawn River, St. Joseph
County, Mich.; Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich.
Born in Glenville, Schenectady
County, N.Y., December
1, 1818.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from St. Joseph County, 1846;
member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1847; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; village
president of Petoskey, Michigan, 1881-83; postmaster at Petoskey,
Mich., 1887.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Petoskey, Emmet
County, Mich., March
27, 1908 (age 89 years, 117
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Petoskey, Mich.
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Pieter Van Brugh (1666-1740) —
also known as Pieter Verbrugge —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in 1666.
Mayor
of Albany, N.Y., 1699-1700, 1721-23.
Dutch and Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in 1740
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Dutch
Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Johannes Pieterse Van Brugh and Trijntje (Roeloffs) Van Brugh;
married 1688 to
Sarah Cuyler; grandfather of Robert
Livingston, Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; great-grandfather of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; second great-grandfather of 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, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); third great-grandfather of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston, William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; fourth great-grandfather of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fifth great-grandfather of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Robert
Reginald Livingston, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; sixth great-grandfather of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; seventh great-grandfather of Hamilton
Fish, Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Barent Van Buren (1776-1849) —
of Ghent, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., June 8,
1776.
Postmaster;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1818-19.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry.
Died in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
22, 1849 (age 72 years, 228
days).
Interment somewhere
in Ghent, N.Y.
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John Van Buren (1799-1855) —
of Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., May 13,
1799.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Ulster County, 1831; Ulster
County Judge, 1836-41; U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1841-43; Ulster
County District Attorney, 1846-50.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., January
16, 1855 (age 55 years, 248
days).
Interment at Sharp
Burying Ground, Kingston, N.Y.
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Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) —
also known as "The Little Magician"; "Old
Kinderhook"; "Red Fox of Kinderhook";
"Matty Van"; "American Talleyrand";
"Blue Whiskey Van" —
of Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
5, 1782.
Lawyer;
Columbia
County Surrogate, 1808-13; member of New York
state senate Middle District, 1812-20; New York
state attorney general, 1815-19; appointed 1815; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1821-28; Governor of
New York, 1829; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1829-31; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1831-32; Vice
President of the United States, 1833-37; President
of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840 (Democratic), 1848
(Free Soil); candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844.
Christian
Reformed. Dutch ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died, reportedly due to asthma,
but more likely some kind of heart
failure, in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 24,
1862 (age 79 years, 231
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Van Buren and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren;
half-brother of James
Isaac Van Alen; married to the sister-in-law of Moses
I. Cantine; married, February
21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes; father of John
Van Buren; second cousin of Barent
Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Dirck
Ten Broeck, Cornelis
Cuyler and Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Roosevelt; fourth cousin of James
Livingston; fourth cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston and Peter
Gansevoort. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Cantine
family of Marbletown, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Sanford
W. Smith — Jesse
Hoyt — Charles
Ogle |
| | | Van Buren
County, Ark., Van Buren
County, Iowa, Van Buren
County, Mich. and Van Buren
County, Tenn. are named for him. |
| | | The city
of Van
Buren, Arkansas, is named for
him. — The town
of Van
Buren, New York, is named for
him. — Mount
Van Buren, in Palmer
Land, Antarctica, is named for
him. — Martin Van Buren High
School (opened 1955), in Queens Village, Queens,
New York, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Martin Van Buren (built 1943 at Baltimore,
Maryland; torpedoed and lost 1944 in the North
Atlantic Ocean) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: M.
V. B. Edgerly
— M.
V. B. Jefferson
— M.
V. B. Bennett
— Van
B. Wisker
— Martin
V. B. Rowland
— Martin
V. B. Ives
— Martin
V. B. Clark
— Martin
V. Godbey
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| | | Opposition slogan (1840): "Van, Van, is
a used-up man." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Martin Van Buren: Major L.
Wilson, The
Presidency of Martin Van Buren — Joel H. Silbey, Martin
Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular
Politics — Jerome Mushkat & Robert G. Rayback, Martin
Van Buren : Law, Politics, and the Shaping of Republican
Ideology — John Niven, Martin
Van Buren : The Romantic Age of American Politics —
Ted Widmer, Martin
Van Buren |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Washington Irving Vanderpoel (born c.1880) —
also known as W. Irving Vanderpoel —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Freeport, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, about 1880.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; insurance
broker; village
president of Freeport, New York, 1925-26; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1926.
Dutch ancestry.
Indicted
in December 1936, along with his brother Edwin and others, by a
federal grand jury, over his involvement in a stock
swindle; found not guilty, but his brother was convicted.
Burial location unknown.
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Wilson C. Van Duzer (b. 1894) —
of Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y.
Born in Warwick, Orange
County, N.Y., 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; merchant;
farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Orange County 2nd District, 1943-64.
Presbyterian.
Dutch ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Rotary;
Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gladys Wisner. |
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Frank E. Van Lare (b. 1900) —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Gates town (part now in Rochester), Monroe
County, N.Y., February
22, 1900.
Republican. Member of New York
state senate, 1951-66 (51st District 1951-65, 58th District 1966).
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grotto;
Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) —
also known as Cornelius P. Van Ness —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
26, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Burlington,
Vt., 1809-14; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1813; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1820-21; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23; Governor of
Vermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1829-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Vermont, 1840;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1844-45.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1852 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Peter Van Ness (1770-1846) —
also known as John P. Van Ness —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Claverly (now Ghent), Columbia
County, N.Y., 1770.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1801-03; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1830-34.
Dutch ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 7,
1846 (age about 75
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Peter Van Ness (1778-1826) —
also known as William P. Van Ness —
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
13, 1778.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for New York, 1812-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1814-26;
died in office 1826.
Dutch ancestry.
Served as second to Aaron
Burr, during his duel
with Alexander
Hamilton, 1804.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
6, 1826 (age 48 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hendrick Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1744-1816) —
also known as Henry K. Van Rensselaer —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., July 25,
1744.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1788-90.
Dutch ancestry.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., September
9, 1816 (age 72 years, 46
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Brother of Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer; great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt and Jacobus
Van Cortlandt; third great-grandfather of John
Hubner II; first cousin of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; first cousin once removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler; first cousin twice removed of Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton and Peter
Gansevoort; 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.; 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., Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), James
Parker 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 family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia article |
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Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
1, 1764.
Member of New York
state assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18;
member of New York
state senate Western District, 1790-95; member of New York
council of appointment, 1792; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1813; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10th
District 1823-29).
Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took the first
train ride in U.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Slaveowner.
Died in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., January
26, 1839 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Van Rensselaer (1742-1769) and Catharina (Livingston) Van
Rensselaer; half-brother of Rensselaer
Westerlo and Catherine Westerlo (who married John
Woodworth); brother of Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; married 1783 to
Margarita Schuyler (daughter of Philip
John Schuyler); married, May 17,
1802, to Cornelia Bell Paterson (daughter of William
Paterson); father of Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; uncle of Philip
Schuyler; grandson of Philip
Livingston; grandfather of Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer; grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and William
Livingston; great-grandson of Dirck
Ten Broeck; great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; second great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt, Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; second great-grandfather of John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Cuyler; third great-grandson of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Edward
Philip Livingston; first cousin once removed of Philip
P. Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, James
Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Edward
Livingston (1796-1840); first cousin twice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin thrice removed of Cornelis
Cuyler, John
Cruger Jr. and Robert
Reginald Livingston; first cousin four times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin once removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Gerrit
Smith, William
Duer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and John
Jay II; second cousin twice removed of James
Jay, Henry
Cruger, John
Jay, Frederick
Jay, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin thrice removed of Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; second cousin four times removed of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; second cousin five times removed of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951), Alexa
Fish Ward and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; third cousin of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Gansevoort, Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893) and John
Cortlandt Parker; third cousin once removed of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson, James
Adams Ekin, John
Jacob Astor III, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; third cousin twice removed of William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, John
Sluyter Wirt, Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; third cousin thrice removed of Guy
Vernor Henry, William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler, Montgomery
Schuyler Jr., Peter
Goelet Gerry and Ogden
Livingston Mills; fourth cousin of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Maturin
Livingston, George
Washington Schuyler and Philip
N. Schuyler; fourth cousin once removed of Barent
Van Buren, Martin
Van Buren and Eugene
Schuyler. |
| | | Political family: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
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Seymour Van Santvoord (born c.1860) —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., about 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Dutch, English,
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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James Burtis Van Woert Jr. (1870-1934) —
also known as James B. Van Woert —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Greig, Lewis
County, N.Y.
Born in Greig, Lewis
County, N.Y., November
8, 1870.
Democrat. Leather
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly from Lewis County, 1913.
Dutch ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
14, 1934 (age 64 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Van Woert and Theresa (Palen) Van Woert; married, April
11, 1898, to Jessie Georgiana Varker. |
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Lucile Vogeler (1914-1979) —
also known as Lucile Eykens —
of Bedford, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Mt. Kisco, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ghent (Gent), Belgium,
March
22, 1914.
Republican. When her husband, Robert, was arrested in Hungary and
charged with espionage, she carried on a tireless and ultimately
successful campaign to get him released; honored guest, Republican National Convention,
1952 ; cosmetics
executive.
Female.
Belgian ancestry.
Died of cancer,
in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
2, 1979 (age 65 years, 164
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800-1879) —
also known as Jacob Westervelt —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Tenafly, Bergen
County, N.J., January
20, 1800.
Shipbuilder;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1853-55; member of New York
state assembly from Rockland County, 1857.
Dutch
Reformed. Dutch ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1879 (age 79 years, 32
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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