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Thomas Hillhouse (American politician)

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After ten years as a country gentleman farmer, and at the urging of his father-in-law, Hillhouse became involved in politics and the anti-slavery movement. He was elected as a member of the
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On December 11, 1844, Hillhouse was married to Harriet Prouty (1823–1903), the eldest child of wealthy merchant Phineas Prouty and his wife, Margaret Matilda (
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Following his father's death when he was eighteen years old, he returned home to live and work on his father's farm until 1851, when he moved to
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After the war ended, he returned to Geneva to resume the life of a private citizen, however, he was quickly elected in
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He was in office for eleven years and three terms until he resigned in 1881 to become first President of the
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from Connecticut. His maternal grandparents were Brevet Maj. John Cornelius Ten Broeck and Anna (
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Historical and Genealogical Collections Relating to the Descendants of Rev. James Hillhouse
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Harriet Augusta Hillhouse (1853–1933), who married Walter Wood Adams.
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Phineas Prouty Hillhouse (1850–1878), who married Caroline Matilda
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to live in a house built his father-in-law on the banks of
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Thomas Griswold Hillhouse (1848–1910), who married Julia
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Margaret Prouty Hillhouse (b. 1846), a poet and writer.
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He died on July 31, 1897, at his son's residence in
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Adelaide Hillhouse (1865–1925), who died unmarried.
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Thomas Hillhouse (adjutant general)
Thomas Hillhouse

New York State Senate
Truman Boardman
Charles J. Folger
Adjutant General of New York
Edwin D. Morgan
John Meredith Read, Jr.
Franklin Townsend
New York State Comptroller
Reuben Fenton
Lucius Robinson
William F. Allen
Watervliet, New York
Yonkers, New York
Republican
James Hillhouse

Watervliet
Albany County, New York
Hudson, New York
Titus Hosmer
Schuyler
William Hillhouse
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Griswold
Matthew Griswold
James Hillhouse
Federalist

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