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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkPRUYN, John Van Schaick Lansing
(1811—1877)
PRUYN, John Van Schaick Lansing, a Representative from New York; born in Albany, N.Y., June 22, 1811; pursued classical studies and was graduated from the Albany Academy in 1826; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Albany in 1832; held several local offices; appointed a regent of the University of the State of New York in 1844; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Thirty-fourth Congress in 1854; member of the State senate in 1861; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Erastus Corning and served from December 7, 1863, to March 3, 1865; elected to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); was not a candidate for renomination in 1864 and 1868; resumed the practice of law at Albany, N.Y.; chancellor of the University of the State of New York from 1868 until his death in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, N.Y., November 21, 1877; interment in Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.
Pruyn, John VanSchaick Lansing. Impeachment of the President. Speech of Hon. John V. L. Pruyn, of New York, in the House of Representatives, February 24, 1868, on the resolution reported from the Committee on Reconstruction to impeach the President of the United States of high crimes and misdemeanors in office
. [Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe
Office, 1868].
———. John V.L. Pruyn, LL. D.
[N.p., 1883?]
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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