George W. Schuyler

George W. Schuyler (February 2, 1810 Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York - November 1885 Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York) was an American businessman and politician.

Life

His family removed to Ithaca, N.Y., in 1811. There he worked on the family farm, and attended the public schools. Aged sixteen, he began to work at a drugstore and learned this trade. In 1834 he enrolled at New York University and graduated in 1837. Afterwards he returned to Ithaca, N.Y., and opened his own drugstore.

In 1848, he entered politics as a Free Soiler, and was Trustee of the Village of Ithaca for two years. In 1855, he was among the founders of the Republican Party in Tompkins County. He was a delegate to the 1860 and 1864 Republican National Conventions.

He was New York State Treasurer from 1864 to 1865, elected on the Union ticket nominated by the Republicans and War Democrats. He was Superintendent of the Banking Department from 1866 to 1871.

In 1872, he joined the Liberal Republicans, and later became a Democrat. He was a member from Tompkins County of the New York State Assembly in 1875. Afterwards he was appointed Auditor of the Canal Department by Governor Samuel J. Tilden.

He was a Trustee of Cornell University.

His son was Eugene Schuyler.

ources

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schuyler.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://books.google.com/books?hl=pt-BR&id=T7AsAAAAIAAJ&jtp=59 Google Book] "Life Sketches of State Officers, Senators, and Members of Assembly in the State of New York in 1867" by S. R. Harlow and H. H. Boone (page 59; Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany NY, 1867)
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C06E4DE123FE533A2575BC0A9679D94649FD7CF] Expected to die soon, in NYT on November 8, 1885