The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-21
VAN wYcKs IN NEW Yoak POLITICS
A Name That Runs Through the Omces
of the Original Dutch Counties.

A Name That Runs Through the Omces
of the Original Dutch Counties.
There have been four branches Of the
Van Wyck family in the politics of New
York. the Van Wycks of Duchess, the
Van Wycks of Orange, the Van wycks
Of Fishkill and the Van wycks of New
York. Just now, with one of the Van
Wycks mayor of Greater New York n
another democratic candidate for gov
ernor of the state. the a Wycks Of
New York are probably the most i'm
portant. but they are only one, branch
OF the family. which has a Office
holders In all the counties of the state
of Dutch origin.
In 1850 Charles III. Van wyck OF Sui
Ivan county was chosen district attor-
ney. Subsequently for two years he
was a m Of congress-. and then.
after a lapse of two years more, was a
member of congress again from the
Orange-SuIivan district. Then he went
West to grow up with the country,
settled in Nebraska. and was chosen a
member Of the United States senate
from Nebraska City. He served a full
term Of six years n retired in favor
of Senator Paddock in 1887. He was
the a Wyck to secure the highest
federal distinction.
The a Wycks of Duchess who en-
barked in the field OF politics were six
In number. There was Isaac Van
Wyck, who was an assemblyman for
five terms. There was John b. Van
Wyck, who was an a~ssemblyman for
one term. There was Stephen ID. Van
Wyck. who served In the Albany legis-
lature and was afterward a memb of
the assembly and sheriff Of Duchess
county. There vas Theodore Van
Wyck. who twice represented Duchess
county in the assembly. n after NOV
ing to New York city was a Monroe
elector.
One of the Van wycks Of Fishkiil.
Richard c. Van WICK by name, was
a membe Of the memorable Albany as
sembly OF 1872. n had among his as
sociates Horatio Seymour, John A. Dix.
Sanford f.. Church and John A. Lott of
Kings. At that time Kings county had
only two members of the assembly and
Duchess had three. The voters went
to Otsego county for a speaker, and
Columbia county a as large a repre-
sentation as Erie. Anothe of the a
Wycks of Fishkill was william w. Van
Wyck. who was elected from the dis
trict for two congresses.
The chief OF the Van Wyck family OF
Queens. Cornelius Van Wyck. enjoyed
a peculiar distinction. New York elect
ed delegates to the first provincial con
eress and to the succeeding congresses,
too. but in the second Queens was not
represented. II was Cornelius Van
wyck who appeared at the head of the
Queens county delegation in the third
provincial congress N the fourth. too.
and he had in both OF them Townsends.
James and Samuel as associates. The
Van Wycks have taken an active part
in the early and later political history
of New York. but IL is a somewhat curl
Gus fact that no member OF this early
and original Dutch family rave gained
any political distinction I'm New York
north of Poughkeepsie or west OF AL
bany. Notwithstanding the fact that the
whole Mohawk valley shows traces Of
Dutch colonization in the many Dutch
families that have been active in pub
lie affairs. Justice Van Wyck. the
democratic candidate for governor. is
a New Yorker. and the first member Of
the family To be an aspirant for a state
Office. The Dutch counties OF New York
are those on the lire OF the Hudson be-
tween New York and Albany. Kings
and Queens counties. from the latter OF
which Nassau is about to he sepa-
rated. and Sullivan and Schoharie
ties I'm the interior. but adjoining those
on the Hudson.-New York Sun.