Thomas Beekman (July 4, 1790 – February 2, 1870)^[1] was an American politician and aU.S. Representative fromNew York.^[2]

Beekman was born inKinderhook, New York to John J. Beekman and Annatje Pruyn.^[3] His elder brother was Dr.John Pruyn Beekman (1788–1861), a member of theNew York State Senate from 1845 to 1847.^[4]

Beekman studied law and became anattorney and farmer inSmithfield and laterPeterboro.^[5]

Beekman served in local offices including as a town clerk,^[6] and was active in themilitia asaide-de-camp to the commander of its 17th Division.^[7] Beekman was also active in theAnti-Masonic movement of the 1820s and 1830s.^[8]

Elected as anAnti-Jacksonian to theTwenty-first Congress, Beekman was U. S. Representative for the twenty-second district of New York and served one term, from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1831.^[9] In 1831 he was an unsuccessfulAnti-Masonic candidate for theNew York State Senate.^[10]

Beekman later moved back to Kinderhook, where he farmed, practiced law, was active in several businesses, including the Kinderhook National Bank,^[11] and served asColumbia CountyExcise Commissioner from 1857 to 1859.^[12] After his retirement in the 1860s he spent summers in Kinderhook and winters living with his daughter inNew York City.

He was married to Lydia Van Schaack.^[5]

Beekman died in Kinderhook on February 2, 1870 (age 79 years, 213 days). He isinterred at Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery.^[13]

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