DeWitt Clinton Dominick (September 19, 1851 – May 30, 1934) was an American teacher, businessman and politician from New York.
Life
Dominick was born on September 19, 1851, in
Gallupville, New York, the son of attorney Weidman Dominick.
Dominick worked for his father from the age of 18 to 21. He then attended the Delaware City Institute and the
Albany State Normal School, graduating from the latter in 1876. After spending a year teaching in the public school in his native town, in 1877 he went to
Cornell University
Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...
science course. He graduated from there with a
B.S. in 1881. Later that year, he became principal of the schools in
Schaghticocke. He worked there for two years, followed by two more years in
Greenport. He worked in hardware and drugs for two years in Gallupville. He then spent two years as a traveling salesman for the New York publishing firm E. L. Kellogg & Co., canvassing teachers' institutes in New York and Illinois. He then moved to
Walden
''Walden'' (; first published as ''Walden; or, Life in the Woods'') is an 1854 book by American transcendentalism, transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings. T ...
, where he worked with the schools for the next several years and became Superintendent of the Walden public schools. He also became a proprietor and manager of the ''Walden'' ''Citizen''.
In 1899, Dominick purchased the bankrupt firm Taylor & Bateman, coal and lumber dealers in Walden. Under him, the firm became the largest coal, lumber, and feed business in
Wallkill Valley. He was also involved in real estate, building over 100 homes in Walden as well as promoting and developing various manufacturing plants in the village. He was a director of the Third National Bank of Walden, the Interstate Bag Company, the Wallkill Valley Building and Loan Association, and the Rider-Ericcson Engine Corporation. He was also president of the Hudson Transit corporation and the Walden Chamber of Commerce.
Dominick served on the board of education for several terms and was a village trustee. In 1924, he was elected to the
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.
The Ass ...
as a
Republican, representing the
Orange County 1st District. He served in the Assembly in
1925
Events January
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1926
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,
1927
Events January
* January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
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1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...
,
1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
, and
1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...
.
Dominick attended the
Methodist Episcopal Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself nationally. In 1939, th ...
, serving as superintendent of the Sunday school, a Steward in the congregation, and Secretary of the building committee that was in charge of the new church that was finished in 1894. He was a
Freemason
Freemasonry (sometimes spelled Free-Masonry) consists of fraternal groups that trace their origins to the medieval guilds of stonemasons. Freemasonry is the oldest secular fraternity in the world and among the oldest still-existing organizati ...
since 1882. In 1883, he married Mabel F. Field of
Mount Vision. Their children were DeWitt C. Jr. and Elma C.
His grandson was
D. Clinton Dominick III
DeWitt Clinton Dominick (June 4, 1918 – September 9, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on June 4, 1918, in Newburgh, Orange County, New York, the son of D. Clinton Dominick (1889–1967) and Blanche H. ...
.
Dominick died at home of
pneumonia
Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ...
on May 30, 1934. He was buried in Wallkill Valley Cemetery.
References
External links
*
The Political Graveyard'
DeWitt C. Dominickat ''
Find a Grave''
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1851 births
1934 deaths
People from Schoharie County, New York
University at Albany, SUNY alumni
Cornell University alumni
American school principals
Schoolteachers from New York (state)
People from Walden, New York
Politicians from Orange County, New York
20th-century American businesspeople
Businesspeople from New York (state)
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
American Freemasons
Deaths from pneumonia in New York (state)
20th-century members of the New York State Legislature