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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkGulian Crommelin VERPLANCK
(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.
Bibliography
July, Robert William. Essential New Yorker, Gulian Crommelin
Verplanck. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1951.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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