David Clarkson (NYSE)
David Clarkson (March 27, 1795 – June 3, 1867) an American banker who was president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1837 to 1851. Early life. He was the eldest son of eight children born to Gen. Matthew Clarkson and, his second wife, Sally (née Cornell) Clarkson (1762–1803). From his father's first marriage to Mary Rutherfurd (a daughter of Walter Rutherfurd and sister of U.S. Senator John Rutherfurd), he had one half-sister, Mary Rutherfurd Clarkson, who married her cousin Peter Augustus Jay (the eldest son of Chief Justice John Jay). His father was a Revolutionary  War hero who served in the New York State Assembly and Senate and was the 6th President of the Bank of New York. His paternal grandparents were David Clarkson (a direct descendant of the English born Puritan clergyman, the Rev. David Clarkson) and Elisabeth (née French) Clarkson (a direct descendant of Phillip French, the 27th Mayor of New York City) and his uncle, Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson, was the grandfather of Thomas S. Clarkson, the namesake of Clarkson University. His maternal grandparents were Samuel Cornell and Susan (née Mabson) Cornell. Career. Clarkson served as president of the New York Stock Exchange  from 1837 until 1851 when he was succeeded by his vice president, Henry G. Stebbins (later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st district). An earlier vice president under his presidency was Edward Prime, a son of Nathaniel Prime and partner in Prime, Ward & King. After his tenure as president of the Exchange, he was chosen as president of the Gallatin Fire Insurance Company, serving practically until his death in 1867. Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, he served as a governor of the New York Hospital "so that for one  complete century, from 1770, when the board organized, to 1870, the name was on the board." Personal life. On March 27, 1822, he was married to Elizabeth Streatfield Clarkson. Elizabeth, his cousin, was the daughter of Thomas Streatfeild Clarkson and Elizabeth (née Van Horne) Clarkson. Together, they were the parents of eleven children, including: Clarkson died on June 3, 1867.