Nathaniel P. Tallmadge

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Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge

United States Senator from New York
In office March 4, 1833 – June 17, 1844
Preceded by	Charles E. Dudley
Succeeded by	Daniel S. Dickinson

Born	February 8, 1795 Chatham, New York, USA
Died	November 2, 1864 Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
Political party	Democratic-Republican, Democrat, Whig
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (February 8, 1795 – November 2, 1864) was a United States Senator from New York and a Governor of the Wisconsin Territory.

1 Early life
2 Political career
3 Later years
4 Bibliography
5 Notes
6 References

[edit] Early life

Nathanial was born in Chatham, Columbia County, N.Y. on February 8, 1795. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1815.

He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1818. He commenced practice in Poughkeepsie, New York.

[edit] Political career

He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1828. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1830 to 1833. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the United States Senate in 1833 and was reelected as a Democrat in 1839. He served from March 4, 1833, to June 17, 1844, when he resigned, having been appointed by President John Tyler to be Governor of Wisconsin Territory. His residence became Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He served as the Governor of Wisconsin Territory until his removal from office on April 8, 1845.^[1]

[edit] Later years

He devoted himself to writing religious tracts. He died in Battle Creek, Michigan on November 2, 1864. He was interred in Rienzi Cemetery in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, which he carved out of his own farmland in 1845 when his son died, and asked to be buried in the plot.

[edit] Bibliography

Tallmadge, Nathaniel P. Introduction and Appendix to The Healing of Nations, by Charles Linton. 2d ed. New York: Society for the Diffusion of Spiritual Knowledge, 1855.

[edit] Notes

^ Tallmadge, Nathaniel Pitcher 1795 - 1864

[edit] References

Nathaniel P. Tallmadge at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Charles E. Dudley	United States Senator (Class 1) from New York March 4, 1833 – June 17, 1844 Served alongside: Silas Wright, Jr.	Succeeded by Daniel S. Dickinson
Preceded by James D. Doty	Territorial Governor of Wisconsin 1844 – 1845	Succeeded by Henry Dodge

v • d • e United States Senators from New York

Class 1: Schuyler • Burr • Schuyler • Hobart • North • Watson • Morris • Bailey • Armstrong • Mitchill • German • Sanford • Van Buren • Dudley • Tallmadge • Dickinson • Fish • P. King • Morgan • Fenton • Kernan • Platt • Miller • Hiscock • Murphy • Depew • O'Gorman • Calder • Copeland • Mead • Ives • Keating • Kennedy • Goodell • Buckley • Moynihan • H. Clinton Class 3: R. King • Laurance • Armstrong • D. Clinton • Armstrong • Smith • R. King • Sanford • Marcy • Wright • Foster • Dix • Seward • Harris • Conkling • Lapham • Evarts • Hill • Platt • Root • Wadsworth • Wagner • Dulles • Lehman • Javits • D'Amato • Schumer

v • d • e Governors of Wisconsin

Territory	Dodge • Doty • Tallmadge • Dodge

State	Dewey • Farwell • Barstow • MacArthur • Bashford • Randall • Harvey • Salomon • Lewis • Fairchild • Washburn • Taylor • Ludington • Smith • Rusk • Hoard • Peck • Upham • Scofield • R. La Follette • Davidson • McGovern • Philipp • Blaine • Zimmerman • Kohler Sr. • P. La Follette • Schmedeman • P. La Follette • Heil • Goodland • Rennebohm • Kohler Jr. • Thomson • Nelson • Reynolds • Knowles • Lucey • Schreiber • Dreyfus • Earl • Thompson • McCallum • Doyle