John Van Buren (U.S. representative) explained

John Van Buren
State:New York
District:7th
Term Start:March 4, 1841
Term End:March 3, 1843
Preceded:Rufus Palen
Succeeded:Joseph H. Anderson
Office1:District Attorney of Ulster County, New York
Term Start1:1846
Term End1:1850
Preceded1:Willet Linderman
Succeeded1:Robert F. Macauley[1]
Office2:County Court Judge of Ulster County, New York
Term Start2:1836
Term End2:1841
Preceded2:Abraham D. Soper
Succeeded2:James C. Forsyth
Office3:Member of the New York State Assembly from the Ulster County District
Term Start3:1831
Term End3:1832
Alongside3:John J. Schoonmaker
Preceded3:Matthew Oliver
Green Miller
Succeeded3:Leonard Hardenbergh
Heman Landon[2]
Birth Date:13 May 1799
Birth Place:Kingston, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Kingston, New York, U.S.
Resting Place:Sharp Burial Ground
Kingston, New York
Parents:Cornelius Van Buren
Elisabeth (Persen) Van Buren
Spouse:Laura Amelia Hardy Van Buren
Children:Daniel Tompkins Van Buren
Persen Van Buren
Profession:Attorney, politician
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:Union College

John Van Buren (May 13, 1799 – January 16, 1855) was an American attorney and politician in the U.S. state of New York. He represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and New York State Assembly in addition to serving terms as county judge and district attorney of Ulster County.

Born and educated in Kingston, Van Buren graduated from Union College, studied law, and attained admission to the bar. In addition to practicing in Kingston, Van Buren became active in the Democratic Party. The offices he held included member of the New York State Assembly (1831–1832), Judge of Ulster County (1836–1841), member of the United States House of Representatives (1841–1843), and Ulster County District Attorney (1846–1850).

Van Buren was ill for the last three months of his life. He died in Kingston, and was buried at Sharp Burial Ground in Kingston.

Early life

Van Buren was born in Kingston, New York, the son of Cornelius Van Buren and Elisabeth (Persen) Van Buren.[3] He graduated from Union College in 1818,[4] studied law with Charles H. Ruggles, was admitted to the bar, and began to practice in Kingston.[5]

Political career

He held many different political positions in New York, and in 1831 was a member of the New York State Assembly representing Ulster County in the 54th New York State Legislature. Van Buren was Judge of Ulster County from 1836 to 1841.[6] He was elected as a Democrat to the 27th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843.[7] While in Congress, he was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. After leaving Congress he resumed the practice of law and served as Ulster County District Attorney from 1846 to 1850.[8]

Van Buren died in Kingston on January 16, 1855[9] and is interred at Sharp Burial Ground in Kingston.[10]

The other John Van Buren

Van Buren is sometimes confused with John Van Buren, the son of President Martin Van Buren.[11] [12] President Van Buren's son was born in 1810 and died in 1866.[13] John Van Buren of Kingston was born in 1799 and died in 1855.[14] While both John Van Burens were active in New York's Democratic Party, President Van Buren's son never lived in Kingston, served as a Judge, or was elected to Congress.[15] [16]

Family

Van Buren and his wife Laura Amelia Hardy (1800–1874)[17] had two children, Daniel Tompkins Van Buren (1826–1890) and Persen Van Buren (1842–1852).

Daniel Tompkins Van Buren was an 1847 graduate of the United States Military Academy who served in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, and attained the rank of brigadier general by brevet as a member of the Union Army.[18] [19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ulster County Legislature . 1885 . Proceedings of the Ulster County Legislature . Kingston, NY . Leader Book and Job Printing Department . 179 . .
  2. Book: New York State Assembly . 1852 . Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York . 7 . Albany, NY . C. Van Benthuysen . 244–245.
  3. Book: Waite . H. C. . Peckham . Buren . History of Cornelis Maessen Van Buren, Who Came from Holland to the New Netherlands in 1631 . 1913 . New York, NY . Tobias A. Wright . 95, 169 . .
  4. Book: Philomathean Society (Union College). Catalogue of the Members of the Philomathean Society, Instituted in Union College, in 1795. 1847 . Riggs, printer. 14. July 24, 2014.
  5. Book: United States. Government Printing Office. Congressional serial set. 1918. U.S. G.P.O.. 1073 .
  6. Book: United States. Congress. A Biographical Congressional Directory: With an Outline History of the National Congress, 1774–1911: the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774 – October 21, 1788, the United States Congress, from the First to the Sixty-second Congress, March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1911. 1913. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1073. July 24, 2014.
  7. Book: Congressional Quarterly, inc. American Political Leaders 1789–2009. 2009. CQ Press. 257. 978-1-4522-6726-5. July 24, 2014.
  8. Book: Ulster County, N.Y. County Legislature. Proceedings of the Ulster County Legislature. 1921. Ulster County, N.Y. County Legislature. 313. July 24, 2014.
  9. Book: Herringshaw. Thomas William. Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits. 1914. American Publishers' Association. 528. July 24, 2014.
  10. Book: Poucher . J. Wilson . Terwilliger . Byron J. . 1931 . Old Gravestones of Ulster County, New York . I . Kingston, NY . Ulster County Historical Society . 51 . . October 5, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131104175542/http://www.hopefarm.com/kingscem.htm . November 4, 2013 . dead .
  11. Book: Wead, Doug . 2003 . All the Presidents' Children . registration . New York, NY . Atria Books . 69 . 978-0-7434-4631-0. (Note: This reference is included as an example of how the John Van Buren who was Martin Van Buren's son is mistaken for the John Van Buren who was a Congressman from New York.)
  12. Book: Quinn-Musgrove, Sandra L. . 1995 . America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children . registration . Westport, CT. Greenwood Press . 40–42 . 978-0-313-29535-5. (Note: This reference is included as an example of how the John Van Buren who was Martin Van Buren's son is mistaken for the John Van Buren who was a Congressman from New York.)
  13. Book: Miller, Richard F. . States at War, Volume 2: A Reference Guide for New York in the Civil War . August 5, 2014 . Lebanon, NH . University Press of New England . 383 . 978-1-61168-266-3.
  14. Book: Napton, William Barclay . 2005 . The Union on Trial: The Political Journals of Judge William Barclay Napton, 1829–1883 . registration . Columbia, MO . University of Missouri Press . 145 . 978-0-8262-1571-0.
  15. News: Obituary: Death of John Van Buren . New York Times . October 17, 1866 .
  16. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000015 John Van Buren
  17. Book: Schoonmaker, Marius . 1888 . The History of Kingston, New York: From Its Early Settlement to the Year 1820 . New York, NY . Burr Printing House . 422.
  18. Book: Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy . July 19, 1890 . Proceedings of the 21st Annual Reunion . Saginaw, MI . Evening News Printing and Binding House . 12–15.
  19. Meyer . Henry C. . July 19, 1890 . Death Notice, Brigadier General Daniel T. Van Buren . The Engineering and Building Record and the Sanitary Engineer . New York, NY . Henry C. Meyer . 98.

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