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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkVERPLANCK, Gulian Crommelin
(1786—1870)
VERPLANCK, Gulian Crommelin, (son of Daniel Crommelin Verplanck), a Representative from New York; born in New York City August 6, 1786; pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Columbia College (now Columbia University), New York City, in 1801; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1807; member of the State assembly 1820-1823; professor at General Theological Seminary, New York City, 1821-1824; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses and elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1833); chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Twenty-second Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1832; unsuccessful Whig candidate for mayor of New York City in 1834; member of the State senate 1838-1841; governor of the city hospital 1823-1865; regent of the State university 1826-1870 and vice chancellor 1858-1870; president of the board of commissioners of immigration 1846-1870; member of the State constitutional convention in 1867 and 1868; died in New York City on March 18, 1870; interment in Trinity Churchyard, Fishkill, Dutchess County, N.Y.
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. New-York: University Press, J. F. Trow, printer, 1840.
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Verplanck, Gulian C[rommelin]. An address delivered before the Philolexian and Peithologian Societies, August 2, 1830; on the evening preceding the annual commencement of Columbia College
. New-York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830.
———. The advantages and the dangers of the American scholar
. New-York: Wiley and Long, 1836.
———. An anniversary discourse, delivered before the New-York Historical Society, December 7, 1818
. New-York: Published by James Eastburn & Co., 1818. Reprint, New-York: White & Bliss, 1821.
———. An essay on the doctrine of contracts; being an inquiry how contracts are affected in law and morals, by concealment, error, or inadequate price
. New-York: G. & C. Carvill, [1825].
———. Essays on the nature and uses of the various evidences of revealed religion
. New-York: C. Wiley, 1824.
———. A lecture, introductory of the course of scientific lectures before the Mechanics’ Institute of the City of New York
. New York: Press of G. P. Scott & Co., 1833.
———. An oration delivered July 4th, 1809, in the North Dutch Church, before the Washington Benevolent Society of the City of New-York
. New-York: Printed for E. Sargeant, opposite Trinity Church. By D. & G. Bruce, 1809.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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