Daniel Crommelin Verplanck (March 19, 1762March 29, 1834) was a

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from

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Early life

Daniel Crommelin Verplanck was born in

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in the

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. He was the son of

Samuel Verplanck Samuel Verplanck (19 September 1739 – 27 January 1820) was an American merchant and politician Early life Verplanck was born in New York City in the Province of New York, then a part of British America, on 19 September 1739. He was a son of Gul ...

(1739–1820), and Judith Crommelin Verplanck. His father, who was the brother of Gulian Verplanck (1751–1799), was a wholesale importer and banker. Daniel's early life was spent at the family home, a large yellow brick mansion, at 3 Wall St.The Crommelin Family Foundation, NL
/ref> His parents separated during the Revolutionary War. His father, a supporter of the Revolution, withdrew to the family summer home, up the Hudson River in the Town of Fishkill, while his mother was a loyalist and remained in New York City. The house in Fishkill became the headquarters of General

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.Lorenz, Janice Murphy. "The Verplanck's and Their HistoriC Mount Gulian Home", ''the Cross of Languedoc'', National Huguenot Society, Fall 2014
/ref> A portrait of the nine year old Daniel Verplanck by

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is in the

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, which also has "the Verplanck Room", containing portraits and furnishings from the Wall St. house that were later moved to Fishkill. Daniel was educated under private tutors and graduated from Columbia College (later

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) in New York City in 1788.

Career

He studied law, was

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and commenced practice in New York City in 1789. He also engaged in banking and was one of the original subscribers of the

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. Daniel's wife Elizabeth died in 1789. The following year he married Ann Walton (familiarly called "Nancy"). After his mother's death in 1803, the Wall Street house was closed and Daniel and his family moved to

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, In 1822, he sold the Wall Street house to the Bank of the United States for use as its New York branch. At Mount Gulian, Verplanck kept open house summer and winter and received family members and many notable guests. On Christmas 1826, he hosted a number of West Point cadets, including Thomas Boylston Adams, Jr., grandson of

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, and nephew of Verplanck's neighbor Caroline Smith DeWindt. (In his 1892 ''The History of Abraham Isaacse Verplanck'', W.E. Verplanck confuses cadet Adams with his father, Thomas Boylston Adams).Verplanck, William Edward. 'The History of Abraham Isaacse Verplanck and his male descendants in America'', John W. Spaight Publisher, Fishkill Landing, NY, 1892
/ref> Mrs. DeWindt later drowned in the 1852 ''

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'' steamboat disaster.

United States Congress

Verplanck was elected as a

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to the Eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Isaac Bloom. He was re-elected to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses and served from October 17, 1803 to March 3, 1809."Daniel Crommelin Verplanck", The New York Society Library
/ref> He was not a candidate for renomination in 1808, and resumed the practice of law. He was judge of the

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, resigning his seat in 1828. From this he was in his later years, commonly called "Judge Verplanck".

Family

In 1785, he married Elizabeth Johnson, the daughter of

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(1727–1819), the 3rd President of Columbia College and a

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from Connecticut, and the granddaughter of

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(1696–1772), the 1st President of Kings College. The couple had two children: *

Gulian Crommelin Verplanck Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (August 6, 1786 – March 18, 1870) was an American attorney, politician, and writer. He was elected to the New York State Assembly and Senate, and later to the United States House of Representatives from New York, where ...

(1786–1870), also a U.S. Representative from New York. * Ann Verplanck (1788–1789), who died in infancy Elizabeth Johnson Verplanck died in February 1789 at the age of twenty-five. In November 1790, Daniel Verplanck married Ann Walton, daughter of William Walton (nephew and heir of merchant

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) and Mary ( De Lancey) Walton. Daniel and Ann Verplanck had seven children: * Samuel Verplanck (1792–1792), who died in infancy * Mary Ann Verplanck (1793–1856) * Louisa Verplanck (1796–1802) * Samuel Verplanck (1798–1861) * Elizabeth Verplanck (1800–1888) * William Walton Verplanck (1803–1870) * James DeLancey Verplanck (b. 1805) * Anna Louisa Verplanck (1807–1836)Hart, Charles H., ''A discourse on the life and services of the late Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, LL.D.'', New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
/ref> In 1834, Verplanck died at his home,

, near Fishkill; interment was in Trinity Church Cemetery, Fishkill.

References

Notes Sources {{DEFAULTSORT:Verplanck, Daniel 1762 births 1834 deaths American politicians of Dutch descent New York state court judges Columbia College (New York) alumni Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) Politicians from Manhattan People from the Province of New York 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives

Early life

Career

United States Congress

Family

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