Charles O’Conor
1804-1884 Charles O’Conor was born on January 22, 1804, in New York City, the son of a rebel who fled to America following the … More Charles O’Conor »
Era Category: Important Figures - Revolution
Harmanus Bleecker
1779-1849 Harmanus Bleecker was born in Albany, New York on October 9, 1779. He received a classical education and was fluent in Dutch, the … More Harmanus Bleecker »
Daniel Cady
1773-1859 Daniel Cady was born on April 29, 1773 in Caanan, Columbia County, New York. He was educated in the town school and went … More Daniel Cady »
Cadwallader David Colden
1769-1834 Cadwallader David Colden was born at Spring Hill on Long Island, New York, on April 4, 1769, the grandson of Cadwallader Colden, royal … More Cadwallader David Colden »
Abraham Van Vechten
1762-1837 Attorney General of New York, 1810; 1813-1815 Abraham Van Vechten was born in Catskill, New York on December 5, 1762. Educated at the … More Abraham Van Vechten »
Martin Van Buren
1782-1862 Attorney General of New York, 1815-1819 Martin Van Buren was born on December 5, 1782 in the village of Kinderhook, New York. He … More Martin Van Buren »
Thomas J. Oakley
1783-1857 Attorney General of New York, 1819-1821 Thomas Jackson Oakley was born on November 10, 1783 near Poughkeepsie, New York. He graduated from Yale … More Thomas J. Oakley »
Samuel A. Talcott
1789-1836 Attorney General of New York, 1821-1829 Samuel Austin Talcott, born on December 31, 1789 in Hartford, Connecticut, was a grandson of Joseph Talcott, … More Samuel A. Talcott »
Samuel Beardsley
1790-1860 Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, 1844-1847 Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court, 1847 Samuel Beardsley was born in … More Samuel Beardsley »
Willis Hall
1801-1868 Attorney General of New York, 1838-1847 Willis Hall was born in Granville, New York on April 1, 1801. He graduated from Yale College … More Willis Hall »