Frederick A. Tallmadge

Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (August 29, 1792 – September 17, 1869) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on August 29, 1792, in Litchfield, Connecticut, the son of Benjamin Tallmadge (1754–1835) and Mary Floyd (1764-1805). William Floyd (1734–1821) was his grandfather. He graduated from Yale College in 1811. Then he studied law at Litchfield Law School, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City in 1813.

Career

Tallmadge served as a

He was a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1834 and, under the new city charter, of the Common Council in 1836. He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) from 1837 to 1840, sitting in the 60th, 61st, 62nd and 63rd New York State Legislatures. He was Recorder of New York City from 1841 to 1846, and from 1848 to 1851.

He was elected as a

He married Elizabeth "Eliza" H. Canfield (1793–1878) and together they had:

• Frederick Samuel Tallmadge (c.1823–1904), who was president of the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution from 1884 until his death in 1904.^[1]

He died on September 17, 1869, at the home of his daughter in Litchfield, Connecticut;^[2] and was buried at the East Cemetery there.

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