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James Isaac Van Alen (December 31, 1772 – May 18, 1822) was a United States Representative from New York and a half brother of U.S. President Martin Van Buren. ==Biography== James I. Van Alen was born in Kinderhook, New York on December 31, 1772, the son of Johannes Van Alen and Marytje Goes (or Hoes) Van Alen. On January 1, 1773 he was christened Jacobus Van Alen at Kinderhook's Dutch Reformed Church.〔 Note: His name appears in records variously as Jacobus Van Alen, James I. Van Alen and James J. Van Alen. Variations on given names were not unusual in upstate New York in the 1700s and 1800s, as Dutch names were Anglicized. For example, Martin Van Buren was baptized as ''Maarten''.〕 Van Alen attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Kinderhook, later practicing in partnership with Martin Van Buren. From 1797 to 1801 he was Kinderhook's Town Clerk. He was a member of the State constitutional convention of 1801, and was a justice of the peace from 1801 to 1804. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1804. Van Alen was surrogate judge of Columbia County from 1804 to 1808. Van Alen was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Tenth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1808. He later returned to the surrogate judge's position, serving from 1815 until his death. (He was succeeded by Abraham A. Van Buren (1788-1836), brother of Martin Van Buren and Van Alen's half-brother.) He died in Kinderhook on May 18, 1822, and was buried at Kinderhook Cemetery. He was not married and had no children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James I. Van Alen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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