John Vanderbilt (January 28, 1819 – May 16, 1877) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was the son of John Vanderbilt (1794–1842) and Sarah Lott (1795–1859). He was baptised on February 21 at the

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Reformed Dutch Church. He was First Judge of the Kings County Court from 1844 to 1847. On July 8, 1846, he married Gertrude Lott Lefferts (1824–1902), daughter of Congressman

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. He was a member of the

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(2nd D.) in

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and

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. At the New York state election, 1856, he ran on the Democratic ticket for

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, but was defeated by Republican Henry R. Selden. In 1881, his widow published ''The Social History of Flatbush''.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 137, 146 and 361; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Flatbush - The Heart of Brooklyn''
by Nedda C. Allbray (2004; pg. 109)
''The Social History of Flatbush''
by Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt (first published 1881; re-printed 2003, Heritage Books; pg. 233ff)
Church records
transcribed at Olive Tree Genealogy {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderbilt, John 1819 births 1877 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators People from Flatbush, Brooklyn New York state court judges 19th-century New York state court judges 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature