Herman Knickerbocker

Herman Knickerbocker ( born July 27, 1779 Albany, New York, † January 30, 1855 in Williamsburg, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1809 and 1811 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Herman Knickerbocker was born during the War of Independence in Albany. He completed his preparatory studies and studied law afterwards. His admission to the bar he received in 1803 and then began practicing in Albany. Knickerbocker moved to an estate in Schaghticoke, a neighboring city of Albany, where he received the nickname "the Prince of Schaghticoke " because of his fondness for his great glittering parties and other entertainment. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1808 Knickerbocker in the sixth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Daniel C. Verplanck on March 4, 1809. Since he gave up for reelection two years later, he retired after March 3, 1811 from the Congress.

Then he sat in 1816 in the New York State Assembly and was a judge in Rensselaer County. He died on January 30, 1855 in Williamsburg, and was then buried in the family cemetery in the Knickerbocker Schaghticoke.

Trivial

Washington Irving, a close friend, whose name is made ​​a habit, and then wrote under the pseudonym of " Dietrich Knickerbocker " on the colonial New York. As a result, the terms " knickers " and later became " kink " is used for anything that symbolized New York 's Dutch history and culture.

The Knickerbocker family was also known for wearing a certain style of shorts with high socks. As a result, the terms " knickerbockers " and " knickers " were used to describe a type of women's underwear and knee-high pants in golf, football and baseball.

The Knickerbocker Historical Society has the Knickerbocker Family Mansion restored, open to the public.