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Tallmadge, James

soldier, banker, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 28, 1778, in Stanford, N. Y. From 1817 to 1819 he was a representative in congress from New York; and in 1823 was elected to the assembly from Dutchess county.

From 1825 to 1828 he was lieutenant-governor under General Clinton. During the last twenty years of his life he was president of the American institute in New York. He was one of the founders of the university of New York, and was president of the council. He died Sept. 29, 1853, in New York city.

TALLMADGE, MATTHIAS BURNET, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1774 in New York. In 1805 he was appointed United States judge for the northern district of New York. He died Oct. 7, 1819, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. TALLMADGE, NATHANIEL PITCH- ER, lawyer, state legislator, governor, congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 8, 1795, in Chatham, N. Y.

He was a member of the assembly of New York in 1828; and was a member of the state senate from 1830 to 1833. was a senator in congress from New York from 1833 to 1844; and was subsequently appointed territorial governor of Wisconsin. He died Nov. 2, 1864, in Battle Creek, Mich.

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