Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Charles De Witt (1727-1787) — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,August15, 1727.Newspapereditor; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ulster County, 1781-85, 1787; died in office1787;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1784.Died in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,August27, 1787 (age60 years, 12days).Interment atDutchReformed Cemetery, Hurley, N.Y. | | James Clinton (1736-1812) — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.;OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,August9, 1736.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1787-88, 1800-01 (Ulster County 1787-88, OrangeCounty 1800-01);delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from UlsterCounty, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Middle District, 1788-92;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801.Died in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,December22, 1812 (age76 years, 135days).Original interment atClintonCemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment in 1879 atWoodlawnCemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.  | George Clinton (1739-1812) — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1739.Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1775-76;Governor ofNew York, 1777-95, 1801-04;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from UlsterCounty, 1788; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1800-01;VicePresident of the United States, 1805-12; died in office 1812.ChristianReformed.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,April20, 1812 (age72 years, 269days).Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1908 atOldDutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y. | | Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. (1762-1848) — ofWestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Croton,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August29, 1762.Lawyer;banker;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Westchester County, 1791-92, 1793-95;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1811-13; served in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812; Whig Presidential Elector for NewYork,1840.Slaveowner. Died in Peekskill,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 13,1848 (age85 years, 319days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.| |  Relatives: SonofPierreVan Cortlandt and Joanna (Livingston) Van Cortlandt; brother ofPhilipVan Cortlandt; married1801 toCatherine Clinton (daughter ofGeorgeClinton); married to Anne Stevenson; nephew ofRobertGilbert Livingston andHenryGilbert Livingston; grandson ofGilbertLivingston; grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andRobertLivingston (1688-1775); great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder andAbrahamde Peyster; great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin once removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler andHamiltonFish (1808-1893); first cousin twice removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),GilbertLivingston Thompson,NicholasFish andHamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936); first cousin thrice removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler,JonathanMayhew Wainwright andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991); first cousin four times removed ofGuyVernor Henry,MontgomerySchuyler Jr. andHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996); first cousin five times removed ofHamiltonFish (born 1951) andAlexaFish Ward; second cousin ofNicholasBayard,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),HenryBrockholst Livingston,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; second cousin once removed ofJamesJay,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,HenryRutgers,JohnJay,FrederickJay,StephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,WilliamJay,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873) andJohnCortlandt Parker; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; second cousin thrice removed ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer,WilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); second cousin four times removedofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,WilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),PeterGoelet Gerry,HelenRoosevelt Robinson,OgdenLivingston Mills,JohnEliot Thayer Jr.,RobertReginald Livingston,BronsonMurray Cutting,RobertWinthrop Kean,BrockholstLivingston,MariettaPeabody Tree andEndicottPeabody; second cousin five times removed ofThomasHoward Kean; third cousin ofVolkertPetrus Douw,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,JamesLivingston,JohnStevens III,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer andPhilipDePeyster; third cousin once removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,GeorgeWashington Schuyler andPhilipN. Schuyler; third cousin twice removed ofPeterGansevoort,GerritSmith,ElizabethCady Stanton andEugeneSchuyler; third cousin thrice removed ofCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andKarlCortlandt Schuyler. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Chapin-Fishfamily of New York City, New York;Clinton#1 family of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848) — of Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.; Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,December13, 1765.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County, 1793-94; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1795-1802 (Eastern District 1795-97, MiddleDistrict 1797-1802); member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1797, 1801;New Yorkstate attorney general, 1802-04; appointed 1802;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1804-23;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1821;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1824-26;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1829-31.Slaveowner. Died in Lyons,WayneCounty, N.Y.,March13, 1848 (age82 years, 91days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Charles Clinton (1767-1829) — ofOrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1767.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Orange County, 1801-02.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April20, 1829 (age62 years, 61days).Burial location unknown.  | De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) — also known as"Father of the ErieCanal" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Napanoch,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,March 2,1769.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1801;U.S.Senator from New York, 1802-03;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1811-13; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1812;Governor ofNew York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828.Member,Freemasons.Chief advocate for the ErieCanal,completed 1825.Slaveowner. Died, fromheartfailure, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,February11, 1828 (age58 years, 346days).Original interment atClintonCemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJamesClinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton; half-brother ofJamesGraham Clinton; brother ofCharlesClinton,GeorgeClinton Jr., Mary Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)) and Katherine Clinton (who marriedAmbroseSpencer (1765-1848)); married,February13, 1796, to Maria Franklin; married,May 8,1819, to Catherine Livingston Jones; father ofGeorgeWilliam Clinton; nephew ofGeorgeClinton; first cousin ofJacobHasbrouck DeWitt; first cousin once removed ofCharlesDe Witt; first cousin five times removed ofAbrahamOwen Smoot III andIsaacAlbert Smoot; second cousin once removed ofCharlesD. Bruyn andCharlesGerrit De Witt; second cousin twice removed ofDavidMiller De Witt. | | | | Political families:DeWitt-Bruyn-Clinton-Hasbrouckfamily of New York;Clinton#1 family of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:PeterGansevoort | | | | Clinton counties inIll.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Mo. andPa., andDeWitt County,Ill., are named for him. | | | | Thetownshipand city ofDeWitt,Michigan, arenamed forhim. — ThecityofDeWitt, Iowa, isnamed forhim. — ThevillageofDeWitt,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofDeWitt, Missouri, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:DeWitt C. Stevens—DeWitt C. Willoughby—DeWittC. Walker—DeWittC. Hunter—DeWitt C. Littlejohn—De WittC. Gage—DeWittC. Clark—DewittC. Shankle—DeWitt C. Leach—DeWitt C. Stanford—DewittC. West—J.D. C. Atkins—DeWittC. Wilson—DeWitt C. Morris—D.C. Giddings—DeWittC. Hough—DeWittC. Jones—DeWitt C. Tower—D.C. Coolman—DeWittClinton Cregier—DeWittC. Hoyt—DeWittClinton Senter—DeWitt C. Rugg—DeWittC. Allen—DeWittC. Peck—DeWittC. Richman—DewittC. Alden—DeWittC. Cram—DeWitt C. Bolton—DeWittC. Huntington—DeWittC. Jones—DeWittC. Pond—De WittC. Carr—DeWittC. Pierce—DewittC. Dunham—DeWittC. Middleton—DeWitt C. Badger—DeWittC. Dominick—DeWittC. Becker—DewittC. Dow—DeWitt C. Titus—DeWitt C. Winchell—DewittC. Turner—DewittC. Ruscoe—DeWittC. Brown—DeWittC. French—DeWitt C. Flanagan—DeWittC. Cole—DeWittC. Talmage—DeWittC. Cunningham—DewittClinton Chase—DeWitt C. Poole, Jr.—DewittC. Chastain | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $1,000 note in 1898-1905. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about De Witt Clinton: EvanCornog,TheBirth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience,1769-1828 | | | | Image source: New York PublicLibrary |
| | George Clinton Jr. (1771-1809) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 6,1771.Democrat.Delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1801; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1803-05;U.S.Representative from New York, 1805-09 (3rd District 1805, 2ndDistrict 1805-09).Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September16, 1809 (age38 years, 102days).Interment atSt. Peters Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y. | | Matthias Burnett Tallmadge (1774-1819) — also known asMatthias B. Tallmadge — of Herkimer,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.Born in Stanford,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1774.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate Western District, 1802-05;U.S.District Judge for New York, 1805-14;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of New York, 1814-19;resigned 1819.Died in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October1, 1819 (age45 years, 214days).Interment atOld Baptist Burying Ground, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. | | John Townsend (1783-1854) — of Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.Born inOrangeCounty, N.Y.,June 14,1783.Whig.Foundrybusiness;banker;mayor ofAlbany, N.Y., 1829-31.Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,August26, 1854 (age71 years, 73days).Burial location unknown. | | Jacob Hasbrouck DeWitt (1784-1867) — also known asJacob H. DeWitt — ofUlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Marbletown,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,October2, 1784.Farmer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1819-21; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ulster County, 1839, 1847.Slaveowner. Died in Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1867 (age82 years, 120days).Original interment atHoughtaling Cemetery, Kingston, N.Y.; reinterment atOld Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, N.Y. | | John Canfield Spencer (1788-1855) — also known asJohn C. Spencer — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Hudson,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,January8, 1788.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmasteratCanandaigua,N.Y., 1816;U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1817-19; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ontario County, 1819-21, 1831, 1833;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1820; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1825-28;secretaryof state of New York, 1839-42;U.S.Secretary of War, 1841-43;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44.Methodist.Slaveowner. Died in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1855 (age67 years, 130days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | James Graham Clinton (1804-1849) — also known asJames G. Clinton — of New York. Born in Little Britain,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,January2, 1804.Democrat. Common pleas court judge in New York, 1830;U.S.Representative from New York, 1841-45 (6th District 1841-43, 9thDistrict 1843-45).Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 28,1849 (age45 years, 146days).Original interment atClintonCemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment atWoodlawnCemetery, New Windsor, N.Y. | | George William Clinton (1807-1885) — also known asGeorge W. Clinton — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,April24, 1807.Democrat.Mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1842-43; Buffalo superior court judge, 1854-77;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.Died in Menands,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September7, 1885 (age78 years, 136days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | James Munroe (1815-1869) — of Elbridge,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born in Elbridge,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1815.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate 22nd District, 1852-55.Died in Elbridge,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,June 7,1869 (age53 years, 195days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Syracuse, N.Y. | | Allen Munroe (1819-1884) — of Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.Born inOnondagaCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1819.Merchant;grain millingbusiness;banker;vice-president, Oswego and SyracuseRailroad;mayorof Syracuse, N.Y., 1854; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 22nd District, 1860-63; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1876.Presbyterian.Died in Syracuse,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,October5, 1884 (age65 years, 210days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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