12 Facts About Nicholas Fish

Nicholas Fish was an American Revolutionary War soldier.

Nicholas Fish was the first Adjutant General of New York.

Nicholas Fish attended Princeton University but left before graduating to pursue the study of law at King's College through the office of John Morin Scott in New York.

Nicholas Fish served as a division inspector under Major General von Steuben in 1778.

Nicholas Fish participated in the battles of Saratoga and Monmouth, in Sullivan's expedition against the Native Americans in 1779, and in the Virginia and Yorktown campaigns, in which he served for a time on the staff of the Marquis de La Fayette.

Nicholas Fish was an original member of the New York Society of the Cincinnati and served as its president from 1797 to 1804, and from 1805 to 1806.

On two occasions, Fish ran unsuccessfully for United States Congress, losing to Samuel L Mitchill in 1804 and Gurdon S Mumford in 1806.

Nicholas Fish twice ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of New York.

Nicholas Fish ran in a special election for Lieutenant Governor in 1811 to fill the vacancy created by Broome's death, but lost to the then-mayor of New York City, DeWitt Clinton.

In 1803, Nicholas Fish was married to Elizabeth Stuyvesant, the daughter of Petrus Stuyvesant and Margaret Stuyvesant.

Nicholas Fish was the sister of Peter Gerard Stuyvesant, and the granddaughter of Gilbert Livingston and great-granddaughter of Robert Livingston the Elder.

Nicholas Fish died in 1833, and was buried in the churchyard of St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in New York City.