Nathaniel Pitcher was an American lawyer and politician who served in Congress and as the eighth governor of New York from February 11 to December 31,1828.
29 Facts About Nathaniel Pitcher
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Nathaniel Pitcher was educated in Sandy Hill, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and became an attorney.
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Nathaniel Pitcher became active in politics as a Democratic-Republican, and served in local offices including town supervisor and justice of the peace.
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Nathaniel Pitcher served in the New York State Assembly, as probate court judge of Washington County, and as a federal tax assessor during the War of 1812.
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Nathaniel Pitcher was a longtime veteran of the New York Militia; he served during the War of 1812, and after the war he commanded a brigade with the rank of brigadier general.
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Nathaniel Pitcher served in the United States House of Representatives from 1819 to 1823.
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Nathaniel Pitcher became lieutenant governor in 1827, and he succeeded to the governorship in 1828, following the death of DeWitt Clinton.
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Nathaniel Pitcher was succeeded as governor by Martin Van Buren.
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Nathaniel Pitcher served another term in the US House from 1831 to 1833.
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Nathaniel Pitcher died in Sandy Hill on May 25,1836 and was buried at Baker Cemetery in Hudson Falls.
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The younger Nathaniel Pitcher was raised and educated in Sandy Hill, New York.
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Nathaniel Pitcher studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Sandy Hill.
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Nathaniel Pitcher entered politics as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, and he served as Kingsbury's town supervisor from 1804 to 1810.
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Nathaniel Pitcher was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1806 to 1807,1815 to 1816, and 1816 to 1818.
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From 1812 to 1813, Nathaniel Pitcher served as surrogate judge of Washington County.
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Nathaniel Pitcher was Kingsbury's town clerk in 1813 and 1814, and served as a justice of the peace, with appointments in 1804,1806,1807,1808, and 1811.
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Pitcher's father had been active in the militia, and the younger Nathaniel Pitcher followed him into military service, receiving his commission as an ensign in 1802.
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In 1814, Nathaniel Pitcher was included in a militia detail of 13,500 soldiers that was activated for federal service during military operations on the Canada-western New York border during the War of 1812.
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In 1815, Nathaniel Pitcher was appointed lieutenant colonel and second in command of the militia's 121st Regiment.
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Nathaniel Pitcher was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 16th and 17th Congresses.
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Nathaniel Pitcher was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1821.
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Nathaniel Pitcher was Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1827 and 1828 and became Governor of New York upon the death of Governor DeWitt Clinton.
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Nathaniel Pitcher completed Clinton's term, February 11,1828, to December 31,1828, and was succeeded by Martin Van Buren.
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Nathaniel Pitcher was again elected as a Jacksonian to the 22nd Congress.
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Nathaniel Pitcher died in Hudson Falls on May 25,1836, and was buried at Baker Cemetery in Hudson Falls.
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On March 15,1823, Pitcher was married to Anna B Merritt of Freedom Plains, New York.
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Nathaniel Pitcher became ill and died soon after giving birth to their son Edward Merritt.
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Edward Merritt Nathaniel Pitcher moved to California in the 1840s, where he was an early settler of Sacramento, and a member of Sacramento County's first board of supervisors.
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Nathaniel Pitcher is the only Governor of New York for whom no likeness is known to exist, and attempts to locate one have proved unsuccessful.