Rensselaer

Rensselaer is the name of an American family of Dutch descent whose most famous member Stephen Van Rensselaer III. had. After the latter, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is named.

The following places in the U.S. are called Rensselaer:

• Rensselaer County, New York,
• Rensselaer (New York), a town in the same county,
• Rensselaer (Indiana)
• Rensselaer (Missouri )

Rensselaer is the name of:

• Alexander Van Rensselaer (1850-1933), American tennis player, promoter of Princeton and Drexel University
• Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810-1864), American politician
• Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (1738-1810), American politician
• Killian K. Van Rensselaer (1763-1845), American lawyer and politician
• Solomon Van Rensselaer (1774-1852), American politician
• Stephen Van Rensselaer III. (1764-1839), American politician, General, landowner and philanthropist

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