Cadwallader D. Colden
Cadwallader David Colden (April 4, 1769 Springhill, near Flushing, Queens County, New York – February 7, 1834 Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey) was an American politician.
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[edit] Life
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.
He 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.
He became a Colonel of Volunteers in the War of 1812.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1818, and Mayor of New York from 1818 to 1821. He successfully contested the election of Peter Sharpe to the 17th United States Congress and served from December 12, 1821, to March 3, 1823. He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st District) from 1825 to 1827, when he resigned.
After his resignation from the State Senate, he moved to Jersey City where he devoted much of his time to the completion of the Morris Canal.
[edit] Literary Accomplishments
A proponent of a national canal system, in 1825 Colden was commissioned by the Common Council of New York City, during the last days of the construction of the Erie Canal, to write his Memoir, Prepared at the Request of a Committee of the Common Council of the City of New York, and Presented to the Mayor of the City, at the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals. The work and its Appendix contain period lithographs of the canal construction and highlights of the "Grand Canal Celebration" at New York City.
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- [1] Political Graveyard
- Cadwallader D. Colden at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The White House, Where Aaron Burr arranged his memoirs, from Historic Houses of New Jersey by W. Jay Mills, 1902
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 126, 139, 193, 266 and 366f; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
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| Preceded by Richard Riker |
New York County District Attorney 1810 - 1811 |
Succeeded by Richard Riker |
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| Preceded by Jacob Radcliff |
Mayor of New York City 1818 - 1821 |
Succeeded by Stephen Allen |
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| Preceded by James Guyon, Jr., Silas Wood |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 1821 - 1823 with Silas Wood |
Succeeded by Silas Wood |
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