William Irving (American politician)

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William Irving (American politician)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 2nd district
In office
January 22, 1814 – March 3, 1819
Preceded by Egbert Benson
Jotham Post, Jr.
Succeeded by Henry Meigs
Peter H. Wendover
Personal details
Born (1766-08-15)August 15, 1766
New York City, Province of New York, British America
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New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party Democratic-Republican
Spouse(s) Julia Paulding
(m. 1793)
Relations Washington Irving (brother)
Peter Irving (brother)
Temple Bowdoin (great-grandson)
Parents William Irving Sr.
Sarah Sanders Irving

William Irving (August 15, 1766 – November 9, 1821) was a United States representative from New York, and the eldest brother of author Washington Irving.

Early life

Irving was born in New York City on August 15, 1766. William was the eldest surviving son of eleven children born to William Irving Sr. (1731–1807), originally of Quholm, Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland, and Sarah (née Sanders) Irving (1738–1817). Among his surviving siblings were four brothers and three sisters, including: author and a member of the New York State Assembly Peter Irving, Ebenezer Irving, John Treat Irving, diplomat and author Washington Irving,[1] Ann Irving (wife of Maj. Gen. Richard Dodge),[2] Catherine Irving, and Sarah Irving.[3]

Career

After completing preparatory studies, Irving Joined his father in the mercantile business. From 1787 to 1791, he was a fur trader with the Indians along the Mohawk River,[4] residing at Johnstown and Caughnawaga.[5]

In 1793, he returned to New York City and, along with his brothers Peter and John, joined the Calliopean Society, a literary club for young men.[6] He married, and in 1814 was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Egbert Benson.[7] He was reelected to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses and served from January 22, 1814, to March 3, 1819. Irving, a close friend of James Kirke Paulding, the U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Martin Van Buren, supported the War of 1812.[8]

Irving contributed several essays and poems to Salmagundi, written primarily by Washington Irving and James Kirke Paulding.[9]

Personal life

In 1793, Irving was married to Julia Paulding (1768–1823), the daughter of William Paulding Sr. (one of the first members of the Provincial Congress), and sister of his friend James Kirke Paulding and William Paulding Jr. (a U.S. Representative, Mayor of New York City, and Adjutant General of New York). Together, they were the parents of:[10]

  • Lewis Graham Irving (1795–1879), who married Maria Carleton Hale (1797–1869)[11] in 1823.[12]
  • Oscar Irving (1800–1865), who married Catharine E. C. Dayton (1800–1842) in 1827.[12] After her death, he married his first cousin Eliza Dodge (1801–1887) in 1844.[2]
  • Pierre Munro Irving (1802–1876), who married Margaret Ann Berdan (d. 1832) in 1829.[13] After her death, he married his first cousin Helen Dodge (1802–1885), sister of Eliza Dodge, in 1836.[2]
  • Julia Irving (1803–1872), who married fellow U.S. Representative Moses Hicks Grinnell (1803–1877).[14]
  • Henry Ogden Irving (1807–1869),[15] an 1833 Columbia graduate.[16]

Irving died in New York City on November 9, 1821.[5]

Descendants

Through his daughter Julia, he was the grandfather of Julia Grinnell Bowdoin (1838–1915), the mother of prominent banker Temple Bowdoin, and Fannie Leslie Grinnell (1842–1887), who married society man Thomas Forbes Cushing, son of John Perkins Cushing.[17]

Notes

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  6. ↑ Burstein, Andrew. The Original Knickerbocker: The Life of Washington Irving, Basic Books, 2007, p.10ISBN 9780786722228
  7. ↑ Jones, p. 120.
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  9. ↑ Jones, p. 57.
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References

  • Jones, Brian Jay. Washington Irving: An American Original. New York: Arcade Publishing, 2008.

External links

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 2nd congressional district
1814–1819
with Jotham Post, Jr. 1814-15, and Peter H. Wendover 1815–19		 Succeeded by
Henry Meigs,
Peter H. Wendover
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