Cornelius P. Van Ness
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1823 – 1826 |
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| Lieutenant Governor: | Aaron Leland |
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| Predecessor: | Richard Skinner |
| Successor: | Ezra Butler |
| Born: | January 26, 1782 Kinderhook, New York |
| Political party: | Democratic Republican |
| Profession: | Lawyer / Judge / Politician |
Cornelius P. Van Ness (born January 26, 1782) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. Butler was a Democratic Republican. He is the father of James Van Ness who was a Mayor of San Francisco.
Born in Kinderhook, New York January 26, 1782. In 1800 he joined his brother's law office in New York and he was admitted to the bar four years later. He moved to St. Albans, Vermont in 1806 and later to Burlington, Vermont in 1809 when he was appointed United States district attorney for the district of Vermont. He was made collector of customs for the district of Vermont in 1813 and in 1816 the president made Van Ness commissioner on the part of the United States to settle the northeastern boundary.
Elected to the Assembly of the State in Vermont in 1818, he was later appointed as appointed chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont 1821 - 1823 when he bcame Governor of Vermont. After being twice re-elected, in 1826 he declined re-election and returned to his proffession until 1829 when he became minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to the court of Spain.
| Governors of Vermont |  |
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| T. Chittenden • Brigham • Tichenor • I. Smith • Tichenor • Galusha • M. Chittenden • Galusha • Skinner • Van Ness • Butler • Crafts • Palmer • Jennison • Paine • Mattocks • Slade • Eaton • Coolidge • Williams • E. Fairbanks • Robinson • Royce • Fletcher • Hall • E. Fairbanks • Holbrook • G. Smith • Dillingham • Page • Washburn • Hendee • Stewart • Converse • Peck • H. Fairbanks • Proctor • Farnham • Barstow • Pingree • Ormsbee • Dillingham • Page • Fuller • Woodbury • Grout • E. Smith • Stickney • McCullough • Bell • F. Proctor • Prouty • Mead • Fletcher • Gates • Graham • Clement • Hartness • Proctor Jr. • Billings • Weeks • Wilson • C. Smith • Aiken • Wills • M. Proctor • Gibson • Arthur • Emerson • Johnson • Stafford • Keyser • Hoff • Davis • Salmon • Snelling • Kunin • Snelling • Dean • Douglas |
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