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JOHN LANSING

JOHN LANSING

Male 1754 - 1829  (75 years)

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  • Name JOHN LANSING 
    Birth 30 Jan 1754  Albany, Albany Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Dec 1829  Manhattan, Kings Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I140312  Hamm
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2011 

    Family CORNELIA RAY,   b. 1757, New York, New York Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 1834, Albany, Albany Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Children 
     1. SARAH LANSING,   b. 19 Aug 1797, Albany, Albany Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1848 (Age 50 years)
    Family ID F63911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2021 

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      US Statesman, Jurist. Lansing was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1775. From 1776-1777 he was the military secretary to General Philip Schuyler. He became a member of the Continental Congress in 1785. He served in that capacity until 1787, when he declined to sign the U. S. Constitution. He opposed some of the language and terminology of the constitution and therefore declined to sign it. In 1781 he was elected a member of the New York State Assembly and served in that capacity until 1789. He was appointed to be a justice of the New York State Supreme Court in 1790 and served in that capacity until 1798, when he became chief justice, and served as chief justice until 1801. In 1801 he was appointed to be the Chancellor of New York State, a position he held until 1814, when he was forced to retire because of age. He disappeared mysteriously on December 12, 1829, after leaving his hotel room to mail a letter. No explanation was ever found for his disappearance. It was speculated that he was robbed and murdered or he drowned. A cenotaph was erected at Albany Rural Cemetery to commemorate his many years of public service. (bio by: Eamonn on Find a Grave Website.)