The Hon. John Vanderbilt, one of the most prominent persons in the political history of Kings County, died at his home in Flatbush, L.I., on Wednesday night, at the age of 58. Mr. Vanderbilt was born at Flatbush in 1819, and received his early education in Brooklyn. He was graduated at Columbia College, and valedictorian of his class. He entered the law office of Henry C. Murphy and Judge John A. Lott. He was admitted into the bar in 1842, and soon after became junior member of the firm with which he had studied. In 1844 Gov. Bouck appointed Mr. Vanderbilt first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Kings County in placed of Judge Greenwood, who has resigned. In 1846 this court was abolished, and Mr. Vanderbilt returned to his duties as an attorney. In the same year he married Miss Gertrude Lefferts, daughter of the Senator John Lefferts. In the Fall of 1852 Judge Vanderbilt was elected to the State Senate. While in the Senate he was a member of the committee which examined into the affairs of President Nott of Union College. In 1853 Mr. Vanderbilt was nominated for Lieutenant-Governor on the Democratic State ticket, headed by Aniasa J. Parker of Albany for Governor. The contest was very active; several tickets were in the field, and the Republican ticket, with John A. King of Queens County at the head, was elected.
After this defeat Judge Vanderbilt retired from active political life. He continued, however, to exert a direct influence upon local politics, being one of the small number by whom the regular Democratic "state" was made up in Kings County. His influence was felt in many local improvements. He was a member of the Senatorial Commission which investigated the encroachments over the harbor of New York by builders. He projected the old Coney Island Plank-road, which in its time was one of the finest drives in this part of the country. He built a hotel at Coney Island that was afterward burned. Judge Vanderbilt was an attendant at the Dutch Reformed Church. He will be buried from his home in Flatbush tomorrow.
Published in the New York Daily Tribune May 18, 1877
After this defeat Judge Vanderbilt retired from active political life. He continued, however, to exert a direct influence upon local politics, being one of the small number by whom the regular Democratic "state" was made up in Kings County. His influence was felt in many local improvements. He was a member of the Senatorial Commission which investigated the encroachments over the harbor of New York by builders. He projected the old Coney Island Plank-road, which in its time was one of the finest drives in this part of the country. He built a hotel at Coney Island that was afterward burned. Judge Vanderbilt was an attendant at the Dutch Reformed Church. He will be buried from his home in Flatbush tomorrow.
Published in the New York Daily Tribune May 18, 1877
The Hon. John Vanderbilt, one of the most prominent persons in the political history of Kings County, died at his home in Flatbush, L.I., on Wednesday night, at the age of 58. Mr. Vanderbilt was born at Flatbush in 1819, and received his early education in Brooklyn. He was graduated at Columbia College, and valedictorian of his class. He entered the law office of Henry C. Murphy and Judge John A. Lott. He was admitted into the bar in 1842, and soon after became junior member of the firm with which he had studied. In 1844 Gov. Bouck appointed Mr. Vanderbilt first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Kings County in placed of Judge Greenwood, who has resigned. In 1846 this court was abolished, and Mr. Vanderbilt returned to his duties as an attorney. In the same year he married Miss Gertrude Lefferts, daughter of the Senator John Lefferts. In the Fall of 1852 Judge Vanderbilt was elected to the State Senate. While in the Senate he was a member of the committee which examined into the affairs of President Nott of Union College. In 1853 Mr. Vanderbilt was nominated for Lieutenant-Governor on the Democratic State ticket, headed by Aniasa J. Parker of Albany for Governor. The contest was very active; several tickets were in the field, and the Republican ticket, with John A. King of Queens County at the head, was elected.
After this defeat Judge Vanderbilt retired from active political life. He continued, however, to exert a direct influence upon local politics, being one of the small number by whom the regular Democratic "state" was made up in Kings County. His influence was felt in many local improvements. He was a member of the Senatorial Commission which investigated the encroachments over the harbor of New York by builders. He projected the old Coney Island Plank-road, which in its time was one of the finest drives in this part of the country. He built a hotel at Coney Island that was afterward burned. Judge Vanderbilt was an attendant at the Dutch Reformed Church. He will be buried from his home in Flatbush tomorrow.
Published in the New York Daily Tribune May 18, 1877
After this defeat Judge Vanderbilt retired from active political life. He continued, however, to exert a direct influence upon local politics, being one of the small number by whom the regular Democratic "state" was made up in Kings County. His influence was felt in many local improvements. He was a member of the Senatorial Commission which investigated the encroachments over the harbor of New York by builders. He projected the old Coney Island Plank-road, which in its time was one of the finest drives in this part of the country. He built a hotel at Coney Island that was afterward burned. Judge Vanderbilt was an attendant at the Dutch Reformed Church. He will be buried from his home in Flatbush tomorrow.
Published in the New York Daily Tribune May 18, 1877
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