- Abraham Van Vechten
Abraham Van Vechten (
December 5 ,1762 –January 6 ,1837 ) was an American lawyer and a Federalist politician who served twice asNew York State Attorney General .Life
Abraham Van Vechten was born on
December 5 ,1762 in Catskill, Albany County (now Greene County),New York . He was the son of Teunis Van Vechten (1707-1785) and Judikje Ten Broeck Van Vechten. He was educated at Columbia College, studied law withJohn Lansing, Jr. , and began practice inJohnstown, New York , but soon removed to Albany. In 1784, he married Catharina Schuyler (1766-1820). In 1792, he was elected one of the first directors of the Bank of Albany.From 1796 to 1797, he was Assistant Attorney General for the Fifth District, comprising Albany, Saratoga, Schoharie and Montgomery Counties. He was City Recorder of Albany from 1797 to 1808, a member of the
New York State Senate from 1798 to 1805 and from 1816 to 1819, a member of theNew York State Assembly in 1806 and from 1808 to 1813,New York State Attorney General from 1810 to 1811 and from 1813 to 1815, and a delegate to theNew York State Constitutional Convention of 1821. From 1797 to 1823, he was a regent of theUniversity of New York .Van Vechten died in Albany on
January 6 ,1837 , and was buried atAlbany Rural Cemetery .ources
* www.famousamericans.net/abrahamvanvechten/ Bio from Appleton's Encyclopedia, at Famous Americans (giving wrong death date)
* [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc7006.htm] Short bio, at NY State Library
* [http://theoldentimes.com/abrahamvanvechten37ny.html] Obit in "The Newark Daily Advertiser",Newark, New Jersey , on January 10, 1837
* [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/vv/abvvechten2378.html] Bio at NY State Museum
* [http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/vanvechten.html] Bio at Schenectady History
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA36 Google Book] "The New York Civil List" compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
* [http://www.oag.state.ny.us/previous_aglist.html] List of NY State Attorneys General, at Office of the Att. Gal. of NY
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