Peter G. Ten Eyck
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Peter Gansevoort Ten Eyck (November 7, 1873 - September 2, 1944) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Bethlehem
, Albany County
, he was educated in the common schools in Normansville
, at The Albany Academy
, and at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
. He engaged in civil and signal engineering for fifteen years and was a signal engineer of the New York Central Lines. He was chief engineer of the Federal Railway Signal Co. in 1903 and was later its vice president and general manager. He served seven years in the Third Signal Corps, Third Brigade, National Guard of New York, and was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, holding office from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention
in 1920. Ten Eyck was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress, holding office from March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1923; he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922 and engaged in agricultural pursuits near Albany
. He died at his summer residence at Altamont in 1944; interment was in the Rural Cemetery, Albany.
Bethlehem, New York
Bethlehem is a town in Albany County, New York, USA. The population was 33,656 at the 2010 census. The town is south of Albany. Bethlehem includes the following hamlets: Delmar, Elsmere, Slingerlands, Glenmont, Selkirk, South and North Bethlehem. U.S. Route 9W passes through the town...
, Albany County
Albany County, New York
Albany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is from the title of the Duke of York and Albany, who became James II of England . As of the 2010 census, the population was 304,204...
, he was educated in the common schools in Normansville
Normansville, New York
Normansville is a hamlet in the town of Bethlehem and a neighborhood in the city of Albany, Albany County, New York. The entire area was one hamlet in Bethlehem until the portion north of the Normans Kill was annexed by Albany in 1916...
, at The Albany Academy
The Albany Academy
The Albany Academy is an independent college preparatory day school for boys in Albany, New York, USA, enrolling students from Preschool to Grade 12. It was established in 1813 by a charter signed by Mayor Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer and the city council of Albany...
, and at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's...
. He engaged in civil and signal engineering for fifteen years and was a signal engineer of the New York Central Lines. He was chief engineer of the Federal Railway Signal Co. in 1903 and was later its vice president and general manager. He served seven years in the Third Signal Corps, Third Brigade, National Guard of New York, and was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, holding office from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention
Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 national convention...
in 1920. Ten Eyck was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress, holding office from March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1923; he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922 and engaged in agricultural pursuits near Albany
Albany, New York
Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
. He died at his summer residence at Altamont in 1944; interment was in the Rural Cemetery, Albany.