List of people associated with Albany County, New York
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This is a list of notable people whose lives were significantly associated with Albany County, New York.
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Chronological list
18th century
- Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1710–1792), born in Albany; politician who supported the American Revolution; presiding officer of the first New York provincial congress in 1775[1]
- Philip Livingston, (1716–1778), born in Albany; local merchant; delegate to the Continental Congress; signer of the Declaration of Independence[1]
- William Livingston (1723–1790), born in Albany; newspaper publisher; member of the Continental Congress; first governor of New Jersey[1]
- John Tayler (1742-1829), businessman and politician; represented Albany County in the New York State Assembly (1777–1779, 1780–1781, and 1785–1787); appointed City Recorder (Deputy Mayor) of Albany in 1793; justice of the Court of Common Pleas in 1797; represented Albany in the New York Senate 1802-1813; Lieutenant Governor (1811-1822); Acting Governor in 1817; died in Albany and is buried in Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands
- Peter W. Yates (1747-1826), lawyer and Continental Congressman; grew up in Albany and developed a prosperous legal practice there; served on the Albany City Council and in the county militia at the start of the American Revolution; represented Albany in the New York State Assembly and the Continental Congress
- Peter Gansevoort (1749–1812); colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; born and died in Albany[1]
- Isaac Mitchell (1759–1812), born in Albany; journalist, author, and editor of the Poughkeepsie Guardian, Albany Republican Crisis, and Poughkeepsie Republican Herald[1]
- Alexander Boyd (1764–1857), US Congressman; born in Albany[1]
- James Cochran (1769–1848), US Congressman from New York; journalist; born in Albany[1]
- Harmanus Bleecker (1779–1849), US Congressman; born in Albany[1]
- Herman Knickerbocker (1779–1855), born in Albany; US Congressman[1]
- John Duer (1782–1858), born in Albany; jurist; author; chief judge of New York Superior Court[1]
- Harmanus Peek, (1782–1838), born in Albany; US Congressman from New York[1]
- Gerrit Y. Lansing, (1783–1862), born in Albany; US Congressman; bank and insurance company president[1]
- John K. Kane (1795–1858), born in Albany; politician, attorney, and jurist[1]
- Joseph Henry (1797–1878), born in Albany; inventor of low- and high-resistance galvanometers; first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution[1]
- Henry Bogart (1729–1821), a signer of the Sons of Liberty Constitution in 1766; elected representative of the first ward on the Albany Committee of Correspondence
19th century
- Henry B. Metcalfe (1805–1881), born in Albany; prosecuting attorney, judge, and US Congressman from New York[1]
- John McKeon (1808–1883), born in Albany; district attorney for New York County and Southern New York; US Congressman from New York[1]
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873), lawyer, judge, and U.S. congressman; born in Rensselaerville; the county's district attorney, 1838-1841; served on the New York Supreme Court, Third Judicial District (1861-1869) seated in Albany, then on the New York Court of Appeals (1870-1873); was lost at sea; his cenotaph is in Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands
- William Henry Bogart (1810–1888), member of the New York Legislature; author[1]
- Henry James, Sr. (1811–1882), born in Albany; Swedenborgian theologian; father of William James, Henry James, and Alice James[1]
- William Page, (1811–1885), born in Albany; considered the leading American painter of his time[1]
- Alexander Warfield Bradford (1815–1867), lawyer and author; born in Albany[1]
- Allan Campbell, (1815–1894), born in Albany; railroadman and public official; surveyed and constructed the first railroad in South America; president of the Harlem Railroad and the Consolidation Coal Company; Commissioner of Public Works of New York and Comptroller of New York[1]
- William Cassidy (1815–1873), born in Albany; newspaper editor and owner; state librarian of New York; member of the commission on revision of the New York State Constitution[1]
- John Stilwell Jenkins (1818–1852), born in Albany; compiled a volume of legal forms which sold 30,000 copies; author of first account of the war between the United States and Mexico[1]
- James H. Cafferty (1819–1869), artist; associate and member of the National Academy of Design; born in Albany[1]
- Robert Carter (1819–1879), born in Albany; author and editor; involved in the foundation of the Republican Party[1]
- John Pitkin Norton, (1822–1852), born in Albany; chemist and educator; helped found the Sheffield Scientific School[1]
- Abraham Oakey Hall (1826–1898), born in Albany; mayor of New York City; author[1]
- Joseph Bradford Carr, (1828–1895), born in Albany; Union Army general; Secretary of State of New York[1]
- William Jermyn Florence (1831–1891), born in Albany; actor; expert dialect comedian; improvisationalist with a record of unbroken success for over thirty years[1]
- Nanette Comstock (1866-1942), born in Albany, stage actress[2]
- Roscoe Conkling (1829–1888), United States Congressman and United States Senator from New York; born in Albany[1]
- Daniel Manning (1831–1887), born in Albany; journalist and later United States Secretary of the Treasury[1]
- Wheeler Hazard Peckham (1833-1905), lawyer and defeated nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court; son of Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873); born in Albany and graduated from the Albany Academy; buried in Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands
- Homer Dodge Martin (1836–1897), born in Albany; painter whose talent was not recognized until his death[1]
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1838-1909), New York state court judge and U.S. Supreme Court justice; son of Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873); born in Albany; graduated from the Albany Academy; district attorney of Albany County (1869-1872); practiced law privately in Albany and served as counsel to the city; served on the New York Supreme Court in Albany (1883-1886) and the New York Court of Appeals (1886-1896); buried in Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands
- James Montgomery Bailey (1841–1894), journalist and author; founder of newspapers Danbury News and Danbury Evening News; native of Albany[1]
- Joseph R. Grismer (1849 – 1922), actor, playwright and theatrical producer; born in Albany[3]
- William Bliss Baker (1856–1886), landscape artist in the Realism movement; had a studio in Albany 1881–1886, when he died
- Learned Hand (1872-1961), United States judge and judicial philosopher; the most cited and quoted Federal judge not to sit on the Supreme Court
- Cy Seymour (1872–1919), native of Albany, major league baseball player[4]
20th century
- Andy Rooney (1919-2011), radio and television writer; 60 Minutes
- Howard C. Nolan, Jr. (b. 1932), former member of the New York State Senate
- Martha Quinn (b. 1959), an original video jockey on MTV
- Israel Tsvaygenbaum (b. 1961), Russian-American artist
- Kirsten Gillibrand (b. 1966), current United States Senator
- Philip Amelio (1977-2005), actor and teacher; graduated from the University at Albany and received a Masters in education from The College of Saint Rose in Albany
Alphabetical index
- Philip Amelio (1977–2005)
- James Montgomery Bailey (1841–1894)
- William Bliss Baker (1856–1886)
- Harmanus Bleecker (1779–1849)
- William Henry Bogart (1810–1888)
- Alexander Boyd (1764–1857)
- Alexander Warfield Bradford (1815–1867)
- James H. Cafferty (1819–1869)
- Allan Campbell (1815–1894)
- Joseph Bradford Carr (1828–1895)
- Robert Carter, (1819–1879)
- William Cassidy (1815–1873)
- James Cochran (1769–1848)
- Roscoe Conkling (1829–1888)
- John Duer (1782–1858)
- William Jermyn Florence (1831–1891)
- Peter Gansevoort (1749–1812)
- Abraham Oakey Hall (1826–1898)
- Learned Hand (1872-1961)
- Joseph Henry (1797–1878)
- Henry James, Sr. (1811–1882)
- John Stilwell Jenkins (1818–1852)
- John K. Kane (1795–1858)
- Herman Knickerbocker (1779–1855)
- Gerrit Y. Lansing (1783–1862)
- Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1710–1792)
- Philip Livingston (1716–1778)
- William Livingston (1723–1790)
- Daniel Manning (1831–1887)
- Homer Dodge Martin (1836–1897)
- John McKeon (1808–1883)
- Henry B. Metcalfe (1805–1881)
- Isaac Mitchell (1759–1812)
- Howard C. Nolan, Jr. (b. 1932)
- John Pitkin Norton (1822–1852)
- William Page (1811–1885)
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809–1873)
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1838–1909)
- Wheeler Hazard Peckham (1833–1905)
- Harmanus Peek (1782–1838)
- Cy Seymour (1872–1919)
- John Tayler (1742–1829)
- Peter W. Yates (1747–1826)
References
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- ↑ Miss Nanette Comstock, 68, Retired Actress. The New York Times, June 24, 1942, p. 19
- ↑ Browne, Walter & Koch, E. De Roy-Who's Who on the Stage, 1908; pg. 209-210 accessed July 5, 2012
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