Abraham Lansing

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Field	Value
image	Abraham Lansing 1835-1899.jpg
state_senate	New York State
district	17th
term_start	January 1, 1882
term_end	December 31, 1883
predecessor	Waters W. Braman
successor	John Boyd Thacher
office1	Acting New York State Treasurer
governor1	John Adams Dix
term_start1	June 1, 1874
term_end1	August 19, 1874
predecessor1	Thomas Raines
successor1	Thomas Raines
birth_date
birth_place	Albany, New York, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Albany, New York, U.S.
party	Democratic
education	The Albany Academy
alma_mater	Williams College (1855)
Albany Law School (1857)
spouse
parents	Christopher Yates Lansing
Caroline Mary Thomas
relatives	Abraham G. Lansing (grandfather)
Gerrit Y. Lansing (uncle)
signature	Signature of Abraham Lansing (1835–1899).png
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Abraham Lansing (February 27, 1835 – October 4, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician.

Early life

Abraham Lansing a.k.a. "Abe" Lansing, was born in Albany, New York. He was the son of Christopher Yates Lansing (1796–1872) and Caroline Mary (née Thomas) Lansing (1805–1845). Lansing was a grandson of state Treasurer Abraham G. Lansing, grand-nephew of Chancellor John Lansing Jr., and nephew of Gerrit Y. Lansing.

Lansing attended The Albany Academy, graduated from Williams College with an A.B. in 1855, and was a member of Kappa Alpha Society. He read law with his father, graduated from Albany Law School in 1857, and later practiced law in partnership with his brother William.

Career

In 1868, he was appointed City Attorney of Albany, and in 1869 became the first New York Supreme Court reporter. He published the first seven volumes of the Supreme Court Reports.

From June 1, 1874, he was Acting New York State Treasurer, appointed by Governor John Adams Dix while Treasurer Thomas Raines was incapacitated due to a nervous breakdown. Treasurer Raines was treated at the Utica State Asylum. Raines resumed his duties on August 19, 1874.

In 1876, Attorney, "Abe" Lansing was chosen Corporation Counsel of Albany. Elected as a Democrat, he was a member of the New York State Senate (17th D.) in 1882 and 1883. There he worked for the establishment of the State Railroad Commission and the Niagara Falls State Park.

He was a director of the National Commercial Bank, trustee of the Albany Savings Bank, Park Commissioner of Albany, Governor of the Albany Hospital, trustee of The Albany Academy, the Albany Medical College, the Albany Rural Cemetery, the Dudley Observatory. In 1879 he was an American delegate to the International Conference (London) for the Codification of the Law of Nations.

Personal life

On November 26, 1873, he married Catherine Gansevoort (1838–1918), the daughter of former Brigadier General, Peter Gansevoort (1789–1876), "The Hero of Fort Stanwix" and Mary (née Sanford) Gansevoort (1814–1841). She was a granddaughter of Peter Gansevoort and Nathan Sanford. They did not have any children.

Lansing died in Albany on October 4, 1899, and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery at Menands, New York.

References

(1911). "Legal and Judicial History of New York". National Americana Society.
(1998). "Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 Years of Collecting". [[SUNY Press]].
(1900). "Twenty-Third Annual Meeting. Proceedings of the New York State Bar Association. Held at the City of Albany, January 16-17, 1900.". [[New York State Bar Association]].
(2 June 1874). "The New State Treasurer.; Mr. Abraham Lansing, of Albany.". [[The New York Times]].
The 1874 Appointment article states erroneously he was a descendant of Chancellor Lansing who in fact was a brother of his grandfather, and so the Chancellor was Abraham Lansing's grand-uncle.
(1874-08-19). "The State Treasury.; Resumption of Duty by Mr. Raines Official Correspondence.". [[The New York Times]].
(19 November 1899). "The Social Season In Town and Country.". [[The New York Times]].
(25 January 1918). "Obituary -- Lansing". [[The New York Times]].
(1911). "Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene". Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
(2007). "Gansevoort-Lansing collection, 1650-1919, bulk (1800-1899).". [[New York Public Library]].
(October 5, 1899). "Death List of a Day {{!}} Abraham Lansing". [[The New York Times]].

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