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thumb Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1767–1824) was the Mayor of Albany, New York on two occasions. He has the third longest tenure of service by an Albany Mayor, after Erastus Corning II and Gerald Jennings. ==Life and career== Philip S. Van Rensselaer was born in Albany on April 15, 1767. A son of Stephen Van Rensselaer II and Catharina (or Catharine) Livingston, he was raised and educated at Van Rensselaer Manor. After his father's death his mother married Eilardus Westerlo, a member of another prominent Albany area family.〔Robert Schultz, (Masters of New York ), 2010, page 141〕〔Publishing Society of New York, (Monsieur Bossu's Treatise of the Epick Poem ), 1907, page 23〕 As an adult, Philip lived in Albany and became a successful businessman and banker. Among his activities, he was the President of the Bank of Albany,〔The American Historical Magazine, (The Van Rensselaer Family ), Volume 2, January, 1907, page 23〕 a Trustee of Union College,〔Union College, (General Catalogue ), 1854, page 6〕 and a founder of The Albany Academy.〔Arthur James Weise, (The History of the City of Albany ), 1884, page 452〕 He owned several warehouses, extensive land along Albany's Hudson River waterfront, and flour and plaster mills on the Normans Kill at the Bethlehem town line. His mills were destroyed by fire in 1820.〔Joel Munsell, (The Annals of Albany ), Volume 7, 1856, page 142〕 In 1787, he married Anne De Peyster Van Cortlandt, a distant cousin through the Schuyler family, daughter of Pierre Van Cortlandt, descendant of Mayor of New York City Stephanus Van Cortlandt, and sister of Philip Van Cortlandt and Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. They had no children.〔Silas Constant, Emily Warren Roebling, (The Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant ), 1903, page 430〕〔Colonial Dames of New York, (Genealogical Records: Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages Taken From Family Bibles, 1581-1917 ), 1917, page C-256〕 Van Rensselaer was active as a Freemason, and served as New York's Grand Master from 1793 to 1795.〔Grand Lodge of the State of New York, (Annual Meeting Proceedings ), 1902, page 107〕 In 1793 Van Rensselaer became an Alderman.〔Stefan Bielinski, New York State Museum, (Biography, Philip S. Van Rensselaer ), accessed January 4, 2013〕 He served as Mayor from 1799 to 1816, and was succeeded by Elisha Jenkins. Van Rensselaer returned to office from 1819 to 1820, and was succeeded by Charles E. Dudley.〔Joseph Henry, Nathan Reingold, (The Papers of Joseph Henry ), Volume 1, 1972, page 8〕〔Joel Munsell, (The Albany annual register for 1849-1850 ), Part 2, page 208〕 During his time as Mayor, a permanent New York State Capitol building was constructed just in front of the current one, and Van Rensselaer laid the cornerstone.〔Architectural Record Co., (Architectural Record ), Volume 9, 1900, page 145〕 During his term, Robert Fulton's steamboat ''Clermont'' arrived in Albany at the end of its first voyage,〔Richard Dilworth, (Cities in American Political History ), 2011, page 129〕 and Schenectady County was created from a portion of Albany County.〔Joel Munsell, (The Annals of Albany ), Volume 5, 1854, page 25〕 He died in Albany on September 25, 1824. He was buried at Van Rensselaer Manor, and was later reinterred at Albany Rural Cemetery.〔Cuyler Reynolds, (Albany Chronicles ), 1906, page 390〕 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「Philip S. Van Rensselaer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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