Joseph Yates
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About
Remembered best for holding office in the early 1820s as seventh Governor of New York, this Democratic-Republican Party politician was also the president of New York's Schenectady Savings Bank and a founder and trustee of Union College.
Before Fame
He began his political career as Mayor of Schenectady, New York, and went on to serve in both the New York State Senate and the New York Supreme Court.
Trivia
He was the first and, as of the early 21st Century, only New York Governor to have been born and raised in Schenectady County.
Family Life
His three marriages -- to Ann Ellice, Maria Kane, and Elizabeth DeLancey -- resulted in daughters named Helen Maria, Anna Alida, and Jane Jesepha.
Associated With
He served as an elector in the Unites States presidential race of 1828, in which Andrew Jackson ultimately defeated the incumbent John Quincy Adams.
