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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Kingston, New York.
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The people listed below were all born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Kingston, New York.
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Charles DeWitt was an American statesman and miller from the U.S. state of New York. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress.
Preston King was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the United States Senate from 1857 to 1863. King also represented the North Country in the U.S. House of Representatives for three terms and represented his native St. Lawrence County in the New York State Assembly for four terms. King entered politics as an ally of Martin Van Buren and was a lifelong opponent of slavery as a member of the Democratic, Free Soil, and Republican parties.
Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck was a United States Congressman from New York and the sixth President of Rutgers College serving from 1840 to 1850. He was a slaveholder.
Marius Schoonmaker was a United States representative from New York.
Ezra Hasbrouck Fitch was an American real estate developer and hobbyist outdoorsman. He bought into and later fully owned the company that became Abercrombie & Fitch.
James Israel Standifer was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.
David Batcheller Mellish was a businessman, journalist, and public official from Oxford, Massachusetts. He became a resident of New York City, and won election to Congress in 1872. He was serving his first term as United States Representative from New York when he died in Washington, D.C.
Abraham Joseph Hasbrouck was a United States representative from New York and a slaveholder.
Andrew DeWitt Bruyn was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1837 to 1838.
Ashbel Parmelee Fitch was an American lawyer, financier, and politician. He was a four-term Congressman, and a one-term Comptroller of New York City.
Harcourt Joseph Pratt was a U.S. Representative from New York and notable politician from Ulster County.
Jeremiah Russell was an American businessman and banker who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1843 to 1845.
Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook was a U.S. Representative from New York.
William Lounsbery was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1879 to 1881.
Jacob Hasbrouck De Witt was a U.S. Representative from New York.
James Girard Lindsley was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.
Vincent John Dellay was an American banker, World War II veteran, and politician who represented New Jersey's 14th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1957 to 1959.
John Van Buren was an American attorney and politician in the U.S. state of New York. He represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and New York State Assembly in addition to serving terms as county judge and district attorney of Ulster County.
The Sharp Burial Ground, also known as the Albany Avenue Cemetery, is located on Albany Avenue in Kingston, New York, United States. It is a small burying ground used during the middle decades of the 19th century, before larger rural cemeteries had become common but after churchyards had become too full for further burials. Later, when they did open, many bodies were removed to consolidate them with larger family plots there. Two former congressmen are still among those buried at Sharp.
The Hasbrouck family was an early immigrant family to Ulster County, New York, and helped found New Paltz, New York. The Hasbrouck family were French Huguenots who fled persecution in France by moving to Germany, and then the United States. Two brothers, Jean II and Abraham, are the ancestors of almost all individuals in the United States with the last name "Hasbrouck," or some variation.