- Abraham Lansing
Abraham Lansing (
February 27 ,1835 Albany,Albany County, New York -October 4 ,1899 ) was an American lawyer and politician.Life
He was a grandson of Treasurer
Abraham G. Lansing , and son of Christopher Yates Lansing (1796-1872) and Caroline Mary Thomas Lansing (1805-1845). He attendedThe Albany Academy , and graduatedA.B. fromWilliams College in 1855. Then he studied law at his father's office, graduated fromAlbany Law School in 1857, and later practiced law in partnership with his brother William.In 1868, he was appointed City Attorney of Albany, and in 1869 became the first
New York Supreme Court reporter. He published the first seven volumes of the Supreme Court Reports.On November 26, 1873, he married Catherine Gansevoort (granddaughter of
Peter Gansevoort andNathan Sanford ). From June 1 to August 19, 1874, he was ActingNew York State Treasurer , appointed by GovernorJohn Adams Dix while TreasurerThomas Raines was incapacitated due to a nervous breakdown, and was treated at the Utica State Asylum.In 1876, he was chosen Corporation Counsel of Albany. He was a Democratic member of the
New York State Senate from 1882 to 1883. There he worked for the establishment of the State Railroad Commission and theNiagara Falls State Park .He was a director of the National Commercial Bank, trustee of the Albany Savings Bank, Park Commissioner of Albany, Governor of the Albany Hospital, trustee of
The Albany Academy , theAlbany Medical College , theAlbany Rural Cemetery , theDudley Observatory .He was a member of the
Kappa Alpha Society .He was buried at the
Albany Rural Cemetery atMenands, New York .Chancellor
John Lansing, Jr. was his great-uncle,Gerrit Y. Lansing was his uncle.ources
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B00E2DD143BEF34BC4A53DFB066838F669FDE] Lansing appointed, in NYT on June 2, 1874 (stating erroneously he was a descendant of Chancellor Lansing who in fact was a brother of his grandfather)
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B06E4D7143BEF34BC4851DFBE66838F669FDE] Raines reinstated, in NYT on August 20, 1874
* [http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/lansing-1.html] Lansing genealogy in "Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs" ed. by Cuyler Reynolds (Vol I, pages 72ff; Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1911)
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