Peter H. Silvester
Peter Henry Silvester | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 's New York's 11th district | |
| In office March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 | |
| Preceded by | John F. Collin |
| Succeeded by | Josiah Sutherland |
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| Born | February 17, 1807 Union College |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
Peter Henry Silvester (February 17, 1807 – November 29, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from New York in the 30th and 31st United States Congress. Silvester was the grandson of prominent attorney and former U.S. Congressmen, Peter Silvester.
Early life
Silvester was born on February 17, 1807, in
Career
He was originally a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and joined the National Republicans and then the Whigs.[4]
Silvester was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851). He did not run for reelection in 1850 and resumed practicing law. Like most Whigs, Silvester became a Republican when the party was organized in the mid-1850s. In 1860 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. House, losing narrowly to John B. Steele.[4]
Personal life
Silvester married Catherine Susan Bronk (d. 1858), the daughter of John Leonard Bronk and Alida Conine, and born in Coxsackie. She attended
- Francis Silvester (1833–1903), a lawyer[1] who served as District Attorney of Columbia County.[6]
- John L.B. Silvester (c. 1836)[1][7]
- Margaret Silvester, died aged 9[1]
Silvester later retired to one of his farms in Coxsackie, where he lived until his death on November 29, 1882.[8] He was interred in Kinderhook Cemetery, along with his family.
References
- ^ a b c d Miller, Peyton Farrell (1904). A Group of Great Lawyers of Columbia County, New York. Priv. print. p. 56. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ Collier, Edward Augustus (1914). A History of Old Kinderhook from Aboriginal Days to the Present Time: Including the Story of the Early Settlers, Their Homesteads, Their Traditions, and Their Descendants; with an Account of Their Civic, Social, Political, Educational, and Religious Life. G. P. Putnam's Sons. pp. 399-400. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ New York State Library Annual Report. University of the State of New York. 1922. p. 51. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9780160731761. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b Fairbanks, Mary J. Mason (1898). Emma Willard and Her Pupils: Or, Fifty Years of Troy Female Seminary, 1822-1872. New York: Mrs. R. Sage. p. 46. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "DEATH LIST OF A DAY.; Francis Silvester". The New York Times. 8 December 1903. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ John L B Sylvester is listed in the New York State Census, 1855, Line 21.
- ^ "Obituary Notes -- Ex-Congressman Peter H. Silvester". The New York Times. 30 November 1882. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- United States Congress. "Peter H. Silvester (id: S000413)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Peter H. Silvester at Find a Grave
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