Nelson J. Waterbury

Nelson J. Waterbury

Nelson Jarvis Waterbury (July 1819 New York City - April 22, 1894 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Biography

He was the son of Col. Jonathan Waterbury (d. 1828) and Elizabeth (Jarvis) Waterbury, a niece of Bishop Abraham Jarvis.

He married Nancy D. M. Gibson (d. 1897), and they had three daughters and a son, Nelson J. Waterbury Jr. who became in 1884 his father's law partner.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and in 1842 formed a partnership to practice law with Samuel J. Tilden. From 1845 to 1849, Waterbury was a justice of the New York City Marine Court. In 1855, he was appointed by Postmaster of New York City Isaac V. Fowler as his assistant and established the first sub-postal station in the city.

He was New York County District Attorney from 1859 to 1861, elected on the Democratic ticket in November 1858, but defeated for re-election in 1861 by Republican A. Oakey Hall. In March 1862, he was elected Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall. In 1863, Waterbury was appointed by Gov. Horatio Seymour Judge Advocate General of the State Militia. In 1865, he resumed the practice of law.

Although Waterbury left Tammany Hall after William M. Tweed became the boss, he defended Tweed at his trial following the fall of the "Tweed Ring". After Tweed's fall, Waterbury returned to Tammany Hall, but left again in 1875 disagreeing with John Kelly. Waterbury returned to Tammany Hall in 1890, being an admirer of Richard Croker and Mayor Thomas F. Gilroy.

He died of pneumonia at his residence at 13 West 56th Street in Manhattan.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Ex-Judge Nelson J. Waterbury Dead. Succumbs to Pneumonia After Three Days, Illness". New York Times. April 23, 1894. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00E11F63C5A1A738DDDAA0A94DC405B8485F0D3. Retrieved 2010-11-29. "Nelson Jarvis Waterbury died last evening at his home, 13 West Fifty-sixth Street, of pneumonia, after an illness of three days. He caught cold Wednesday while attending to business at his law office, 32 Nassau Street, and it settled in his lungs. Dr. Loomis and Dr. Bartholow of Philadelphia were called to attend him." 

Further reading

Legal offices
Preceded by
Joseph Blunt
New York County District Attorney
1859 - 1861
Succeeded by
A. Oakey Hall

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