List of people associated with Albany County, New York

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This is a list of notable people whose lives were significantly associated with Albany County, New York.

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Chronological list

18th century

19th century

20th century

Alphabetical index

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morgan Lewis (governor)</span> American lawyer, politician and military commander (1754–1844)

Morgan Lewis was an American lawyer, politician, and military commander. The second son of Francis Lewis, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Lewis fought in the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. He served in the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate (1811–1814) and was New York State Attorney General (1791–1801) and the third governor of New York (1804–1807).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rufus W. Peckham</span> US Supreme Court justice from 1896 to 1909

Rufus W. Peckham was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1896 to 1909, and is the most recent Democratic nominee approved by a Republican-majority Senate. He was known for his strong use of substantive due process to invalidate regulations of business and property. Peckham's namesake father was also a lawyer and judge, and a U.S. Representative. His older brother, Wheeler Hazard Peckham (1833–1905), was one of the lawyers who prosecuted William M. Tweed and a failed nominee to the Supreme Court.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809–1873)</span> American judge

Rufus Wheeler Peckham was an American lawyer, jurist, and congressman from New York from 1853 to 1855.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wheeler Hazard Peckham</span> American judge (1833–1905)

Wheeler Hazard Peckham was an American lawyer from New York and an unsuccessful nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Albany Rural Cemetery</span> Historic cemetery in New York, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lyman Tremain</span> American politician

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry W. Livingston</span> American politician

Henry Walter Livingston was a United States Representative from the state of New York.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harmanus Bleecker</span> American politician (1779–1849)

Harmanus Bleecker was an attorney in Albany, New York. A Federalist, he is most notable for his service as a member of the New York State Assembly, a United States representative from New York, and Chargé d'Affaires to the Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edward Philip Livingston</span> American politician

Edward Philip Livingston was an American politician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Schuyler family</span> Dutch-American family

The Schuyler family was a prominent Dutch family in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries, whose descendants played a critical role in the formation of the United States, in leading government and business in North America and served as leaders in business, military, politics, and society. The other two most influential New York dynasties of the 18th and 19th centuries were the Livingston family and the Clinton family.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Van Cortlandt family</span> New York political family of Dutch origin

The Van Cortlandt family was an influential political dynasty from the seventeenth-century Dutch origins of New York through its period as an English colony, then after it became a state, and into the nineteenth century. It rose to great prominence with the award of a Royal Charter to Van Cortlandt Manor, an 86,000-acre (35,000 ha) tract in today's Westchester County sprawling from the Hudson River to the Connecticut state line granted as a Patent to Stephanus Van Cortlandt in 1697 by King William III.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Livingston family</span> Family that migrated from Scotland to the Province of New York in the 17th century

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Brockholst Livingston</span> US Supreme Court justice from 1807 to 1823

Henry Brockholst Livingston was an American Revolutionary War officer, a justice of the New York Court of Appeals and eventually an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1825–1826 United States Senate election in New York</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Gansevoort (politician)</span> American politician (1788–1876)

Peter Gansevoort was an American politician from New York.

Henry Alexander Livingston was an American politician from New York.

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