Josiah Hasbrouck
Josiah Hasbrouck | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th district | |
| In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Betts |
| Succeeded by | Jacob H. De Witt |
| In office April 28, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | |
| Preceded by | John Cantine (elect) |
| Succeeded by | Martin G. Schuneman |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from Ulster County | |
| In office July 1, 1805 – June 30, 1806 | |
| In office July 1, 1801 – June 30, 1802 | |
| In office July 1, 1796 – June 30, 1797 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 5, 1755 New Paltz, New York |
| Died | March 19, 1821 (aged 66) |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse |
Sarah Decker (m. 1785) |
Josiah Hasbrouck (March 5, 1755 – March 19, 1821) was a United States representative from New York. Born in New Paltz, he completed preparatory studies and conducted a general merchandising business. He was a second lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Ulster County Militia in 1780, and was supervisor of New Paltz from 1784 to 1786 and in 1793, 1794, and 1799 to 1805. He was a member of the New York State Assembly during its 1796, 1797, 1802, and 1806 sessions.
Hasbrouck was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Cantine and served from April 28, 1803, to March 3, 1805. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was then elected to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819), during which he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State. He died near Plattekill. Original interment was in the family burial ground; reinterment was in New Paltz Rural Cemetery, New Paltz.
Locust Lawn, his Federal style-home during his last years, is on the National Register of Historic Places, located along NY 32 in what is today the town of Gardiner, just south of New Paltz. The house, which is owned and operated as a house museum by [the Locust Grove Estate] boasts an outstanding collection of original furnishings and interior mouldings, and is open to the public on weekends from June through October.