John I. Schenck (February 11, 1787 – April 22, 1833) was an American politician from
New York
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Life
He was the son of State Senator
John Schenck (1740–1831) and Elizabeth (Layton) Schenck (d. 1825). On April 13, 1813, he married Susan Smith (1794–1822), and they had four children: Sylvanus S. Schenck (1814–1829), Mary Elizabeth Schenck (1816–1837) and the twins John Calvin Schenck (1819–1887) and Martin Luther Schenck (1819–1831). The family lived at
Manhasset, New York
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He was a member of the
New York State Senate
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(1st D.) from 1828 to 1831, sitting in the
51st,
52nd,
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and
54th New York State Legislatures.
He, his wife, and his children were all buried at the Dutch Reformed Cemetery in Manhasset.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 127f and 145; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
External links
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1787 births
1833 deaths
People from Manhasset, New York
New York (state) state senators
New York (state) Jacksonians
19th-century members of the New York State Legislature