George W. Schuyler

George Washington Schuyler (born February 2, 1810 in Stillwater , New York , † February 1, 1888 in Ithaca , New York) was an American businessman, writer and politician . He was New York's Treasurer of State from 1864 to 1865 . The writer and diplomat Eugene Schuyler (1840-1890) was his son.

Career

George Washington Schuyler was born in Saratoga County in 1810 . The Schuyler family moved to Ithaca, New York, in 1811. His childhood was overshadowed by the British-American War . He worked on the family farm and attended public schools in Ithaca. At the age of 16 he started working in a pharmacy and learned the trade there. Schuyler enrolled at New York University in 1834 . He graduated there in 1837. After returning to Ithaca, he opened his own pharmacy there. The following years were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the Mexican-American War .

Schuyler also pursued a political career. At that time he was a member of the Free Soil Party . In 1848 he became trustee of the Village of Ithaca. He held the post for two years. In 1855 he was one of the founding members of the Republican Party in Tompkins County . In the following years he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Conventions in 1860 and 1864 . During the Civil War he was elected Treasurer of State of New York and held the post from 1864 to 1865. He was nominated by the Republican Party and the War Democrats . From 1866 to 1871 he was superintendent in the New York State Banking Department . Schuyler joined the Liberal Republican Party in 1872 and later became a Democrat . He was a member of the New York State Assembly for Tompkins County in 1875 . The Governor of New York Samuel J. Tilden then appointed him auditor in the Canal Department.

Schuyler was a trustee of Cornell University from its inception and treasurer there from 1868 to 1874.

Works

1885: Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family ( Charles Scribner's Sons ; 2 volumes)

literature

Samuel Ralph Harlow and HH Boone: Life Sketches of the State Officers, Senators, and Members of the Assembly of the State of New York, in 1867 , Weed, Parsons, Printers, 1867, p. 59
George W. Schuyler Ill , The New York Times, Nov. 8, 1885

Web links

George W. Schuyler on The Political Graveyard website

personal data
SURNAME	Schuyler, George W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schuyler, George Washington (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American businessman, writer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 2, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stillwater , New York
DATE OF DEATH	February 1, 1888
Place of death	Ithaca , New York