Elbridge Gerry was an American lawyer,who served as a U.S. Congressman from Maine from 1849 to 1851.
Egbert Ten Eyck was an American lawyer and politician from New York. In the mid-1820s,he served parts of two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Albert Gallup was a U.S. Representative from New York,serving on term from 1837 to 1839.
Robert Hewson Pruyn was an American lawyer,militia general,diplomat,and politician from Albany,New York. He was most notable for his service as Speaker of the New York State Assembly,Adjutant General of New York,and United States Minister Resident to Japan.
Otis C. Norcross served as the nineteenth Mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,from January 7,1867 to January 6,1868 during the Reconstruction era of the United States. Norcross was a candidate (1861) for the Massachusetts State House of Representatives;served as a member of the Boston Board of Aldermen from January 6,1862 to January 2,1865;chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen from January 4,1864 to January 2,1865;and served as a trustee of the City Hospital,1865 &1866;and a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council,under Gov. William Claflin (1869).
Charles Franklin Tabor was an American lawyer and politician.
Simeon Draper was a prominent merchant and politician in New York City. During the American Civil War,he was the federal government's agent for receiving captured cotton from the Confederate States of America and selling it to benefit the Union war effort.
James Scollay Whitney was an American business executive and politician. He was the father of Henry Melville Whitney and William Collins Whitney,founders of the Whitney family business interests.
Frederick Townsend was a Union officer in the American Civil War. He founded and was Colonel of the 3rd New York Infantry Regiment,and later served with the US Army's 18th and 9th Infantry regiments,where he was brevetted a brigadier general. Townsend served three terms as Adjutant General of New York from 1857 to 1861,and again in 1880.
Roger Sherman Baldwin Foster was an American lawyer. He was instrumental in getting the charges against the Homestead Strike participants dropped.
George Henry Forster was an American lawyer and Senator from New York.
Phineas Washington Leland was a Massachusetts physician and journalist,and the Collector of Customs for Fall River,Massachusetts,who also served as a member,and as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.
The SV Argo was an American wooden sailing vessel (SV) designed for the trans-Atlantic Packet trade. William Whitlock,Jr acquired the ship for his Havre-Whitlock Line,which regularly scheduled round trips three times a year from New York City to Le Havre,France.
James Monroe McLean was an American insurance executive and banker.
Ellwood Walter was president of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company in New York City for 28 years. The Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company was organized in April 1844. He was also secretary of the New York Board of Marine Underwriters since 1849. He insured Cornelius Vanderbilt and many American Steamship companies during the 19th century.
Perez Hastings Field was an American businessman and politician from New York.
John Augustine McCall was an American insurance executive from New York.
Henry Lee Atherton was a 19th-century American businessman and diplomat. He was responsible for a number of residential developments in vicinity of the Hudson River and Manhattan.
Morris Robinson was an American businessman from a family of prominent Loyalists;Robinson was a founder and the first president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
Cornelius Eldert was an American businessman and philanthropist who served as president of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company.
