Given the question: Facts: - profession: acting governor - death place: new york city - order: 23colonial governors of province of new york - successor: william cosby - party: republican liberal - death date: 10 june 1749 - predecessor: john montgomerie - term end: 1732 - term start: 1731 - birth date: 1660 - name: rip van dam - image: ripvandam.jpg - birth place: beverwyck , albany , new york - religion: christian - frame|right|caption: portrait from c. 1720 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rip van dam .
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rip van dam -lrb- 1660 -- 10 june 1749 -rrb- was the acting governor of the province of new york from 1731 to 1732 .as one of the leaders of the republican liberal -lrb- or '' country '' -rrb- party , van dam confronted the subsequent royal governor william cosby .