Aaron Van der Poel

Aaron Van der Poel ( born February 5, 1799 in Kinderhook, New York, † July 18, 1870 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented 1833-1837 and 1839-1841 the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Aaron Van der Poel was born at the end of the 18th century in Kinderhook. He pursued classical antiquity science and studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1820 and then began to practice in Kinderhook. Between 1826 and 1830 he sat in the New York State Assembly. Politically, he was a member of the Jacksonian Group.

In the congressional elections of 1832 for the 23th Congress, he was in the eighth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jacob Houck Jr. on March 4, 1833. He was re-elected once. In 1836 he suffered in his re-election bid a defeat and retired after the March 3, 1837 from the Congress of. In the following years, he joined the Democratic Party. In 1838 he was elected to the 26th Congress and became effective on March 4, 1839, the successor of Zadock Pratt and Robert McClellan of which had previously represented the eighth district together from New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. He retired after the March 3, 1841 out of the Congress.

After his conference time he settled in New York City. He was in 1842 appointed a judge of the Superior Court and elected in 1843 - a position he held until January 1, 1850. On July 18, 1870, he died in New York City and was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery. At this time the Civil War was about five years too late.

Family

Aaron Van der Poel was the son of Moyca Huyck and Isaac Van der Poel. On September 3, 1821 he married his first wife Harriet Baldwin. She died in April 1837. The marriage no children were born. On April 2, 1839 he married his second wife Ellen McBride, daughter of Hannah Savage and James McBride. The couple had three children: James McBride Van der Poel (1840-1860), John Van der Poel (1842-1866) and Aaron Ernest Van der Poel (* 1846).