- Isaac W. Van Schaick
Infobox Congressman
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name = Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick
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state =Wisconsin
district = 4th
term_start =March 4 ,1885
term_end =March 3 ,1891
preceded =Peter V. Deuster
succeeded =John L. Mitchell
birth_date =December 7 ,1817
birth_place =Coxsackie, New York
death_date =August 22 ,1901
death_place =Catonsville, Maryland
nationality = American
party = Republican
relations = Uncle ofAaron Van Schaick Cochrane
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occupation = Manufacturer
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website =
footnotes = Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick (December 7 ,1817 -August 22 ,1901 ) was a U.S. Representative fromWisconsin . He was the uncle ofAaron Van Schaick Cochrane .Early life
Van Schaick was born in
Coxsackie, New York . He engaged extensively in the manufacture of glue. He moved to Chicago in 1857, and to Wisconsin in 1861. He engaged in the flour-milling business in Milwaukee.Politics
Van Schaick was elected to the Milwaukee Common Council in 1871. He served as member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly from 1873 to 1875. He served in theWisconsin State Senate from 1877 to 1882.Van Schaick was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress (
March 4 ,1885 -March 3 ,1887 ). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1886.Van Schaick was elected to the Fifty-first Congress (
March 4 ,1889 -March 3 ,1891 ). He was not a candidate for renomination to Congress in 1890, but instead ran unsuccessfully for State Senator.Late life
He moved to
Catonsville, Maryland in 1894, where he lived in retirement until his death thereAugust 22 ,1901 . He was interred in Athens Cemetery,Athens, New York .References
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