John W. Vrooman

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John Wright Vrooman (March 28, 1844 German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York - November 24, 1929 Herkimer, New York) was an American lawyer, banker and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Nicholas Vrooman and Christina (Wright) Vrooman. He attended Little Falls Academy from 1857 to 1859, and then taught school in the countryside. Then he studied law in the office of Judge Ezra Graves, but enlisted in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Afterwards he resumed the study of law, and was admitted to the bar. From 1868 to 1876, he was Clerk of the Herkimer County Surrogate.

He was Deputy Clerk of the New York State Assembly in 1877; and Clerk of the New York State Senate from 1878 to 1887. Afterwards he returned to Herkimer and engaged in banking as Vice President and General Manager of the Herkimer Bank.

He was a member of the New York Republican State Committee from 1877 to 1884, and Secretary of the State Committee from 1880 to 1888. He was Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of New York State from 1889 to 1890.

At the New York state election, 1891, he ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the Republican ticket with Jacob Sloat Fassett, but they were defeated by Democrats Roswell P. Flower and William F. Sheehan.

Sources

COL. J.W. VROOMAN DIES AT AGE OF 86 in NYT on November 25, 1929 (subscription required)
CAUCUS WORK AT ALBANY; THE MACHINE BEATEN IN THE SENATE in NYT on January 6, 1880
THE CANDIDATES in NYT on September 10, 1891

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Name	Vrooman, John Wright
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Short description	American banker
Date of birth	March 28, 1844
Place of birth
Date of death	November 24, 1929
Place of death

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