William Irving

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William Irving (born August 15, 1766 in New York ; died November 9, 1821 there ) was an American businessman, politician and occasional writer.

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Irving's parents were the Scottish emigrant William Irving and his English wife Sarah (née Sanders). In 1763 they had emigrated to New York and had made a modest affluence with a trading company. They had a total of eleven children, three daughters and eight sons; however, three of the sons died as infants. William was the oldest of the siblings; the youngest was Washington Irving (1783-1859), the most successful American writer of his time.

William Irving began his career as a businessman and sought to expand the Irving family business. Among other things, he tried to get into the fur trade with the Indians in the north of the state of New York and therefore settled in the border settlements of Johnstown and Caughnawaga on the Mohawk River . After his return he married Julia Paulding, a sister of James Kirke Paulding, on November 7, 1793 . As a result, he was actively involved in the economic and political life of New York. In 1807 he founded the satirical magazine Salmagundi with his younger brother Washington and his brother-in-law Paulding, with whom he had previously founded the literary debating and drinking club “The Lads of Kilkenny” , in which the three in their contributions, which were only signed with different pseudonyms targeting the city's elites.

In 1812 he was the Democratic-Republican Party to succeed the retiring Egbert Benson in the United States House of Representatives ordered. His mandate was confirmed in the following elections, so that he was also a member of the 14th and 15th Congresses. Overall, his mandate lasted from January 22, 1814 to March 3, 1819. Two years later he died in New York.

His marriage to Julia Paulding Irving resulted in five sons and three daughters. The fourth eldest son, Pierre Munro Irving (1803–1876) later became known as the secretary, estate administrator and biographer of his uncle Washington Irving.

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