Richard Stockton Emmet Jr. (March 10, 1871 – February 7, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

Emmet was born on March 10, 1871, in

New Rochelle, New York New Rochelle (; older french: La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the seventh-largest in the state of ...

. He was the son of Richard Stockton Emmet (1821–1902) and Katherine "Kitty" (

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Temple) Emmet (1843–1895). Among his brothers were

William T. Emmet William Temple Emmet (July 28, 1869 – February 4, 1918) was an American lawyer from New York. Life Emmet was born on July 28, 1869, in New Rochelle, New York, the son of lawyer Richard Stockton Emmet and Katharine Temple. His brothers included ...

and diplomat

Grenville T. Emmet Grenville Temple Emmet (August 2, 1877 – September 26, 1937) was an American attorney and diplomat. He practiced law with Franklin D. Roosevelt and served as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands and Austria. Early life Emmet was born in ...

. His great-grandfather was New York Attorney General

Thomas Addis Emmet Thomas Addis Emmet (24 April 176414 November 1827) was an Irish and American lawyer and politician. He was a senior member of the revolutionary Irish republican group United Irishmen in the 1790s. He served as Attorney General of New York from ...

. Among his large extended family was first cousins Col.

Robert Temple Emmet Robert Temple Emmet (December 13, 1854 – October 25, 1936) was a United States Army colonel who was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions while surrounded by a much larger force. An 1877 graduate of West Point, he served in numerous cam ...

Rosina Emmet Sherwood Rosina Emmet Sherwood (13 December 1854 – 19 January 1948) was an American painter. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of William J. and Julia Pierson Emmet; her surviving siblings were Robert Temple Emmet (1854–1936), her twin; Wil ...

(mother of playwright

Robert E. Sherwood Robert Emmet Sherwood (April 4, 1896 – November 14, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He is the author of ''Waterloo Bridge (play), Waterloo Bridge, Idiot's Delight (play), Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play), Abe ...

William LeRoy Emmet William Le Roy Emmet (July 10, 1859 – September 26, 1941) was an electrical engineer who made major contributions to alternating current power systems including the design of large rotary converters. Biography Emmet was born in New Rochelle ...

Devereux Emmet Devereux Emmet (December 11, 1861 – December 30, 1934) was a pioneering American golf course architect who, according to one source, designed more than 150 courses worldwide. Early life Devereux Emmet was born in Pelham, New York, on December ...

Lydia Field Emmet Lydia Field Emmet (January 23, 1866 – August 16, 1952) was an American artist best known for her work as a portraitist. She studied with, among others, prominent artists such as William Merritt Chase, Harry Siddons Mowbray, Kenyon Cox and To ...

Jane Emmet de Glehn Jane Erin Emmet de Glehn (born Jane Erin Emmet in 1873; died 20 February 1961) was an American figure and portrait painter. Early life Born in New Rochelle, New York, she was the youngest daughter of ten siblings. Her great-great-uncle Rober ...

(wife of

Wilfrid de Glehn Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn (sometimes 'Wilfried') (1870 – 11 May 1951) was an Impressionist British painter, elected to the Royal Academy in 1932. Biography De Glehn's father was Alexander de Glenn of Sydenham, London, himself the son o ...

Christopher Temple Emmet Christopher Temple Emmet (1761 – February 1788) was an Irish barrister and poet. Early life Emmet was born at Cork in 1761. He was the eldest son of Elizabeth (née Mason) Emmet (1740–1803) and Robert Emmet, M.D. (1729–1802), a state phys ...

(husband of Alida Beekman Chanler, daughter of

John Winthrop Chanler John Winthrop Chanler (September 14, 1826 – October 19, 1877) was a prominent New York lawyer and a U.S. Representative from New York. He was a member of the Dudley–Winthrop family and married Margaret Astor Ward, a member of the Astor family. ...

). He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire,

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and

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Career

After his graduation from law school, he studied law with his brother-in-law

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Justice Martin J. Keogh (the husband of his sister Katherine Temple Emmet) he was admitted to the bar, and practiced with Emmet & Robinson, the law office of his father. Emmet entered politics as a

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. He was a member of the

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, representing the second district (

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), in

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. In the Assembly, he was appointed to the Judiciary and Trades and Manufactures Committees by Speaker O'Grady, served briefly until his death in February 1897.

Personal life

On June 6, 1894, he married Mary Lamport Olyphant, the only daughter of Mary (née Lamport) Olyphant and Harwood Vernon Olyphant. Together, they were the parents of one child: Mary Olyphant Emmet (born 1895). He died of

typhoid fever Typhoid fever, also known as typhoid, is a disease caused by '' Salmonella'' serotype Typhi bacteria. Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. Often there is a gradual onset of a high fever over severa ...

during the legislative session, at his lodgings in

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, on February 7, 1897.''The New York Red Book''
compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 206f) After his death, his widow remarried to Harvard graduate and banker, Philip Curtis in 1899.

References

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