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Sanford Willard Smith (1869-1929) —
also known as Sanford W. Smith —
of Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., August
19, 1869, reportedly in the same house where President Martin
Van Buren was born in 1782.
Son of Henry Smith (1827-1894) and Rachel (Shaw) Smith (1834-1918).
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1901; Columbia
County Judge, 1902; member of New York
state senate, 1906-08 (24th District 1906, 25th District
1907-08); Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1918-27; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1924;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1928; appointed 1928.
Scottish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
24, 1929 (age 59 years, 158
days).
Interment at Chatham Rural Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married, July 1,
1896, to Maud Peck Harding (1876-1956). |
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Louis Frisbie Payn (1835-1923) —
also known as Louis F. Payn —
of Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Ghent, Columbia
County, N.Y., 1835.
Republican. Paper
manufacturer; founder of the Chatham Republican newspaper;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916.
Died in Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y., 1923
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Chatham Rural Cemetery.
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Kenneth Farrand Simpson (1895-1941) —
also known as Kenneth F. Simpson —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 4,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1935-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1941; died in office
1941.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Skull and
Bones; American
Legion; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., January
25, 1941 (age 45 years, 266
days).
Interment at Hudson City Cemetery.
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Killian Miller (1785-1859) —
of Livingston, Columbia
County, N.Y.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 30,
1785.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1825, 1828; Columbia
County Clerk, 1837-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1855-57.
Died in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
9, 1859 (age 73 years, 163
days).
Interment at Hudson City Cemetery.
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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.
Son of Abraham Van Buren (1737-1817) and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van
Buren (1747-1817).
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.
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.
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Relatives: Son
of Abraham Van Buren (1737-1817) and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen Van Buren
(1747-1817); married to the sister-in-law of Moses
I. Cantine; second cousin of Barent
Van Buren; half-brother of James
Isaac Van Alen; married, February
21, 1807, to Hannah Hoes (1783-1819); father of John
Van Buren; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Brodhead Van Buren; second cousin thrice removed of Harold
Sheffield Van Buren; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Roosevelt. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Sanford
W. Smith |
| | | Van Buren County,
Ark., Van
Buren County, Iowa, Van Buren County,
Mich. and Van Buren County,
Tenn. are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: M.
V. B. Edgerly
— 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 — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | 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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Peter Silvester (1734-1808) —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1734.
Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1787-88, 1802-03, 1804-06;
U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1789-93; member of New York
state senate, 1796-1800 (Eastern District 1796-97, Middle
District 1797-1800).
Died in 1808
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Kinderhook Cemetery.
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Lewis Kirby Rockefeller (1875-1948) —
also known as Lewis K. Rockefeller —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., November
25, 1875.
Son of Spencer R. Rockefeller (1849-1925) and Henrietta 'Nettie'
(Kirby) Rockefeller (1853-1922).
Republican. Accountant;
Deputy New York State Tax Commissioner, 1915-21; Deputy New York
State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, 1921-33; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1937-43; chair of
Columbia County Republican Party, 1937-40.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
18, 1948 (age 72 years, 298
days).
Interment at Kinderhook Cemetery.
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Peter Henry Silvester (1807-1882) —
of New York.
Born in New York, February
17, 1807.
Son of Francis Silvester and Lydia Silvester.
U.S.
Representative from New York 11th District, 1847-51.
Died November
29, 1882 (age 75 years, 285
days).
Interment at Kinderhook Cemetery.
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James Isaac Van Alen (1776-1870) —
also known as James I. Van Alen —
of Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, 1776.
Son of Johannes Van Alen (1744-1773) and Maria (Hoes) Van Alen
(1747-1817).
Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1803-04; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1807-09.
Died in 1870
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Kinderhook Cemetery.
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John Hazard Reynolds (1819-1875) —
also known as John H. Reynolds —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Moriah, Essex
County, N.Y., January
21, 1819.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1859-61.
Died in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
24, 1875 (age 56 years, 246
days).
Interment at Kinderhook Cemetery.
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Charles Lewis Beale (1824-1900) —
also known as Charles L. Beale —
of Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., March 5,
1824.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1859-61.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Society.
Died in Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
29, 1900 (age 75 years, 330
days).
Interment at Kinderhook Cemetery.
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Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886) —
also known as Samuel J. Tilden; "The Great
Reformer"; "The Great
Forecloser" —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
9, 1814.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1846, 1872; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1864;
New York
Democratic state chair, 1872-82; Governor of
New York, 1875-77; candidate for President
of the United States, 1876.
Died near Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., August 4,
1886 (age 72 years, 176
days).
Interment at Cemetery of the Evergreens; statue at Riverside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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John King (1775-1836) —
of New Lebanon, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., 1775.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1824; U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1831-33.
Died September
1, 1836 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Cemetery of the Evergreens.
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