- Henry C. Martindale
Henry Clinton Martindale (
May 6 ,1780 Berkshire County, Massachusetts -April 22 ,1860 Sandy Hill,Washington County, New York ) was an American lawyer and politician.Life
He graduated from
Williams College inWilliamstown, Massachusetts in 1800. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced at Sandy Hill, NY, from 1801 to 1860.He was
Surrogate of Washington County from 1816 to 1819, and District Attorney from 1821 to 1828.Martindale was elected as an Adams-Clay Federalist to the 18th, reelected as an Adams candidate to the 19th and 20th, reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the
21st United States Congress , serving fromMarch 4 ,1823 toMarch 3 ,1831 , and elected again as an Anti-Mason to the23rd United States Congress , serving fromMarch 4 ,1833 toMarch 3 ,1835 .He was appointed by Governor
William H. Seward a canal appraiser, holding this post from 1840 to 1843.He was buried at Kingsbury Cemetery in
Kingsbury, New York .His son was
John H. Martindale , Union Army general andNew York State Attorney General .ource
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