Killian K. Van Rensselaer

Killian Killian Van Rensselaer ( born June 9, 1763 in Greenbush, New York, † June 18, 1845 in Albany, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1801 and 1811 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Killian Killian Van Rensselaer grew up during the British colonial era, studied and completed his preparatory studies. He then visits the Yale College. He studied law. His admission to the bar he received in 1784 and then began practicing in Claverack. He was the private secretary of General Philip Schuyler. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1800 Van Rensselaer was the eighth election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Henry Glen on March 4, 1801. In 1802 he stood as a candidate in the ninth electoral district of New York for a congress seat. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1803, the successor of Benjamin Walker. He was re-elected twice in a row. After he was elected in 1808 in the seventh constituency of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Barent Gardenier on March 4, 1809. He retired after March 3, 1811 from the Congress.

After his time Congress, he worked as a lawyer again. He died on June 18, 1845 in Albany and was then buried in a private cemetery in Greenbush. Congressman Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810) was his cousin and Congressman Solomon Van Vechten Van Rensselaer (1774-1852), his nephew.