List of mayors of Albany, New York
Eighteenth century

List of mayors of Albany, New York

Section Title: Eighteenth century
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Mayor	Start	End	Comment

Jan Jansen Bleecker	1700	1701	Born in Holland; emigrated to Albany in 1658. Negotiated support from the Iroquois tribes in the Dutch struggles against the French in Canada.

Johannes Bleecker, Jr.	1701	1702	Interpreter to the Indians. Carried captive to Canada in 1686, returned as year later.

Albert Janse Ryckman	1702	1703	One of the most prominent Albany brewmasters of the late seventeenth century. Captain of the militia.

Johannes Schuyler	1703	1706	Militia officer, trader, river transport operator. Brother of Pieter Schuyler and grandfather of Continental General Philip Schuyler.

David Davidse Schuyler	1706	1707	Brother of Mayor Myndert Schuyler; “fyre-masters” were ordered to inspect chimneys during his term. Also served as alderman, Justice, County Sheriff, Indian Commissioner and delegate to the Council of the Onondagas.

Evert Bancker	1707	1709	See first term entry above

Johannes Abeel	1709	1710	See first term entry above

Robert Livingston the Younger	1710	1719	Nephew of Mayor Robert Livingston. Married to daughter of Mayor Pieter Schuyler.

Myndert Schuyler	1719	1720	Merchant. Ordered construction of small houses outside the city walls to house Indians who came to trade.

Pieter Van Brugh	1720	1723	See first term entry above

Myndert Schuyler	1723	1725	See first term entry above

Johannes Cuyler	1725	1726	Elder in the Dutch Church, Indian Commissioner, trader. Admitted freeman of New York City.

Rutger Bleecker	1726	1729	Merchant. Son of Mayor Jan Jansen Bleecker, brother of Mayor Johannes Bleecker; married to widow of Mayor Johannes Abeel.

Johannes DePeyster	1729	1731	Son of Johannes de Peyster, a Mayor of New York City and a Huguenot. Purchased Albany's first fire-fighting equipment, ladders and fire-hooks.

Johannes "Hans" Hansen	1731	1732	Trader, son of Mayor Hendrick Hansen, married daughter of Mayor Johannes Cuyler. Spent much of his youth west of Albany in Indian lands.

Johannes DePeyster	1732	1732	See first term entry above

Edward Holland	1733	1740	First English Mayor of Albany, his father commanded the Albany garrison. Signed a City Ordinance “To prevent Negroes or Indian slaves to appear in the streets after eight at night without a lanthorn and lighted candle in it.”

Johannes Schuyler, Jr.	1740	1741	Son of Mayor Johannes Schuyler, father of General Philip Schuyler. Businessman with lucrative government contracts and large dowry from his New York City Dutch wife's family; appointed to a second term as mayor but declined to take required oath of allegiance and did not serve.

Johannes DePeyster	1741	1742	See first term entry above

Cornelis Cuyler	1742	1746	Fur trader and merchant, represented Albany's interests in Mohawk Country and Canada; alderman, active member of Indian Affairs Commission. Son of Mayor Johannes Cuyler, grandson (via mother) of Mayor Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck, father of Mayor Abraham Cuyler.

Dirck Ten Broeck	1746	1748	Merchant, grandson of Mayor Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck. Also served as City Inspector of Skins, Alderman, Recorder and Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Jacob Coenraedt Ten Eyck	1748	1750	Indian Commissioner, silversmith, judge, and member of Albany's Committee of Safety during the Revolutionary War

Robert Sanders	1750	1754	English native who married into the influential Dutch Schuyler family at a time when it was without a strong male leader; his administration hosted the Albany Congress.

Johannes (Hans) Hansen	1754	1756	See first term entry above; died in office during this term

Sybrant Gozen Van Schaick	1756	1761	Trader and landholder, his administration witnessed some of the most active local phases of the French and Indian War.

Volkert Petrus Douw	1761	1770	Merchant and one of the founders of Albany Savings Bank, second oldest bank in New York. Married daughter of Mayor Johannes DePeyster.

Abraham Cornelis Cuyler	1770	1778	Third generation member of his family to serve as mayor, grandson (via mother) of Mayor Johannes Schuyler. Last mayor of colonial Albany, cooperated with English interests as local tensions mounted; arrested by Revolutionaries and exiled to Connecticut; condemned to death in 1779 under Act of Attainder; after peace with Britain was secured, he attempted to return to Albany but was unable to reclaim his property and died in Canada in 1810.

John Barclay	1778	1779	Member of Albany Committee of Correspondence; first mayor under new State government; died in office.

Abraham Ten Broeck	1779	1783	Lawyer, banker. Son of Mayor Dirck Ten Broeck.

Johannes Jacobse Beeckman	1783	1786	Firemaster, alderman, member of New York State Assembly; active in Albany Committee of Correspondence

John Lansing, Jr.	1786	1790	Also delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, member of the Continental Congress, Speaker of the Assembly and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court, among other duties.

Abraham Yates, Jr.	1790	1796	Financier. Delegate to the Continental Congress, Albany's first Postmaster and founding trustee of Union College.

Abraham Ten Broeck	1796	1798	See first term entry above

Philip S. Van Rensselaer	1799	1816	Grandson of Philip Livingston. Third longest total time of service by an Albany mayor, after Erastus Corning II and Gerald D.

Sentence(s)

Cornelius was an alderman, an active member of the Indian Affairs Commission, and also served as Mayor of Albany, from 1742 until 1746.

final_sentence: Cornelius was an alderman, an active member of the Indian Affairs Commission, and also served as Mayor of Albany, from 1742 until 1746.