Daniel C. Verplanck
| Daniel C. Verplanck | |
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Portrait of Verplanck by Copley, 1771
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1809 |
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| Preceded by | Isaac Bloom |
| Succeeded by |
Herman Knickerbocker Robert Le Roy Livingston |
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| Born | March 19, 1762 Manhattan, New York |
| Died | March 29, 1834 (aged 72) Mount Gulian, near Fishkill, New York |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
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Elizabeth Johnson (m. 1785; her death 1789) Ann Walton (m. 1790) |
| Children | 9, including Gulian |
| Parents | Samuel Verplanck Judith Crommelin |
| Relatives | Gulian Verplanck (uncle) |
| Alma mater | Columbia College |
Daniel Crommelin Verplanck (March 19, 1762 – March 29, 1834) was a United States Representative from New York.
Daniel Crommelin Verplanck was born in New York City, he was the son of Samuel (1739–1820), and Judith Crommelin Verplanck. His father, who was the brother of Gulian Verplanck (1751–1799), was a wholesale importer and banker. Daniel's early life was spent at the family home, a large yellow brick mansion, at 3 Wall St. His parents separated during the Revolutionary War. His father, a supporter of the Revolution, withdrew to the family summer home, up the Hudson River in the Town of Fishkill, while his mother was a loyalist and remained in New York City. The house in Fishkill became the headquarters of General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.
A portrait of the nine year old Daniel Verplanck by John Singleton Copley is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which also has "the Verplanck Room", containing portraits and furnishings from the Wall St. house that were later moved to Fishkill. Daniel was educated under private tutors and graduated from Columbia College (later Columbia University) in New York City in 1788.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City in 1789. He also engaged in banking and was one of the original subscribers of the Tontine Coffee House. Daniel's wife Elizabeth died in 1789. The following year he married Ann Walton (familiarly called "Nancy"). After his mother's death in 1803, the Wall Street house was closed and Daniel and his family moved to Mount Gulian, In 1822, he sold the Wall Street house to the Bank of the United States for use as its New York branch.
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