Gerrit Lansing Dox (December 13, 1784 – August 2, 1847) was an American politician.

Early life

He was born in

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, on December 13, 1784, to Pieter Dox and Cathalyntje Lansing. He was baptised on May 20, 178. His brother Myndert M. Dox was the

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Career

He was appointed

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of Albany in January 1816 in the place of his brother Peter P. Dox, who had held the post from 1814 until his death in office on November 21, 1815. In 1821, Gerrit Dox was succeeded by

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. He was

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from February 1817 to January 1821. In August 1823, the U.S. Postmaster General sued Dox for his failure to render accounts and to pay over some monies received. In the suit, it was stated that Dox had become

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in 1819. In 1839, he was appointed a justice of the Justices Court of Albany.

Personal life

In January 1817, he married Magdalena Bogart. He died on August 2, 1847

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. He and his wife were buried at the Pulteney Street Cemetery in

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References

Sources

Political Graveyard
(name given as Gerret L. Dox)
''The New York Civil List'' compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 35; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) (Google Books)
(name given as Gerret L. Dox)

at supreme.justia.com

at bulk.resource.org

''History of Political Parties in the State of New-York'' by John Stilwell Jenkins (pages 178 and 238; Alden & Markham, Auburn NY, 1846)

''The Annals of Albany'' by Joel Munsell (1855) (name given as Gerrit L. Dox . 116and Garret L. Dox, "of Auburn" . 121

''The Laws of New York'' (Legislative session 1821) (name given as Garret L. Dox)
''The Annals of Albany''
by Joel Munsell (page 291; Munsell & Rowland, Albany, 1859) (name given as Garret L. Dox)

Burials at Pulteney Street Cemetery, at RootsWeb {{DEFAULTSORT:Dox, Gerrit L 1784 births 1847 deaths New York state treasurers Politicians from Albany, New York New York (state) postmasters 19th-century New York (state) politicians