Cadwallader D. Colden
| Cadwallader D. Colden | |
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| 54th Mayor of New York City | |
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In office 1818–1821 |
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| Preceded by | Jacob Radcliff |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Allen |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st district |
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In office December 12, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
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| Preceded by | James Guyon, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Silas Wood |
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Cadwallader David Colden April 4, 1769 Spring Hill, near Flushing, Queens, New York |
| Died | February 7, 1834 (aged 64) Jersey City, New Jersey |
Cadwallader David Colden (April 4, 1769 – February 7, 1834) was an American politician. He served as the 54th Mayor of New York City.
He was the grandson of Colonial leader Cadwallader Colden. He was taught by a private tutor, and then provided a classical education in Jamaica, New York and in London. After returning to the United States in 1785, he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1791.
Cadwallader D. Colden first practiced law in New York City, moved to Poughkeepsie, New York in 1793, and then returned to New York in 1796. From 1798 to 1801, he was Assistant Attorney General for the First District, comprising Suffolk, Queens, Kings, Richmond and Westchester counties. From 1810 to 1811, he was District Attorney of the First District, comprising the above-mentioned counties and New York County.
Colden was an active Freemason. He was the Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of New York in 1801-1805 and 1810-1819.
He became a Colonel of Volunteers in the War of 1812. In 1815, he became president of the New York Manumission Society, established in 1785 to promote the abolition of slavery in the state, and oversaw the rebuilding of the Society’s African Free School in New York City. Later historians cited the energetic aid of Colden, Peter A. Jay, William Jay, Governor Daniel D. Tompkins, and others in influencing the New York legislature to set the date of July 4, 1827, for the abolition of slavery in the state.
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