Gabriel Furman (January 23, 1800
Brooklyn
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,
Kings County, New York — November 11, 1854 Brooklyn) was an American lawyer, historian and politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Judge
William Furman (1765–1852). From 1814 to 1816, he attended Columbia Academy, in
Bergen Square.
In 1824, he publishe
''Notes Geographical and Historical, Relating to the Town of Brooklyn in Kings County on Long Island''(on-line version; 117 pages).
He was a justice of the Brooklyn Municipal Court from 1827 to 1830.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate (1st D.) from 1839 to 1842, sitting in the
62nd,
63rd,
64th and
65th New York State Legislatures.
In
November 1842 he ran on the Whig ticket for
Lieutenant Governor of New York
The lieutenant governor of New York is a Constitution of New York, constitutional office in the executive branch of the Government of the State of New York. It is the second highest-ranking official in state government. The lieutenant governo ...
, but was defeated by Democrat
Daniel S. Dickinson.
Furman never married, died at the
Brooklyn City Hospital, and was buried at the
Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery is a cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope, Brooklyn, South Slope/Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, Win ...
in Brooklyn.
Assemblyman
Gabriel Furman (1756–1844) was his uncle.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 132f and 141; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''A History of the City of Brooklyn''by Henry R. Stiles (1869; Vol. II, pg. 41f)
''Two biographical sketches of Gabriel Furman''
External links
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1800 births
1854 deaths
New York (state) state senators
Politicians from Brooklyn
New York (state) Whigs
Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
19th-century New York state court judges
19th-century members of the New York State Legislature