Commodore Perry Vedder (February 23, 1838 – December 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York
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Life
Commodore Perry Vedder was born in
Ellicottville, New York
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on February 23, 1838, the son of Jacob Vedder.
He attended the common schools, and then spent five years as a sailor on the
Great Lakes
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. In 1858, he entered
Springville Academy, and afterwards began to study law.
During the
American Civil War
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he enlisted as a
private
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in the 154th New York Volunteers, fought in the battles of
Chancellorsville,
Wauhatchie,
Lookout Mountain
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,
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and others; and finished the war as a
lieutenant colonel of Volunteers.
[
After the war, he finished his law studies, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and practiced in Ellicottville.]New York State Assembly
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(Cattaraugus Co., 1st D.) in 1872
Events
January–March
* January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years.
* February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts o ...
, 1873
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar.
** The California Penal Code goes into effect.
* January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat ...
, 1874
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War &n ...
and 1875
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of th ...
.[
He was a member of the ]New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
(32nd D.) in 1876
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
* February 2 – The National League, National League of Professional Ba ...
and 1877
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .
* January 8 – Great S ...
. He was State Assessor from 1880 to 1883.[
He was again a member of the State Senate from 1884 to 1891, sitting in the 107th, 108th, 109th, 110th, ]111th 111th may refer to:
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, 112th, 113th and 114th New York State Legislature
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Background
Under the pro ...
s.[ He ran once more in 1891, but was defeated by ]James T. Edwards
James Thomas Edwards (January 6, 1838 – August 20, 1914) was an American educator, Methodist minister, and politician.
Life
James was born on January 6, 1838, in Barnegat, Ocean County, New Jersey. He was the son of Rev. Job Edwards (1802-1 ...
.
On July 12, 1892, he married Genevieve Wheeler in Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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.New York City
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. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention
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of 1894.
He died of heart disease at the Majestic Hotel in New York City on December 24, 1910, and was buried at the Sunset Hill Cemetery in Ellicottville.[
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References
External links
*
Commodore Perry Vedder
at ''The Strangest Names In American Political History''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vedder, Commodore P
1838 births
1910 deaths
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Union Army officers
People from Ellicottville, New York
19th-century American politicians