CIVIL WAR PRO-SLAVERY ANTI-HABEAS CORPUS CONGRESSMAN NIAGARA NY AUTOGRAPH SIGNED

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Here's an Autograph Album Page Signed by Two (2) Civil War Congressman from New YorkBURT VAN HORN(1823 - 1896)CIVIL WAR REPUBLICAN PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK 1861-1863 and 1865-1869&COLLECTOR of INTERNAL REVENUE APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES 1887-1882!Congressman Van Horn's political career spanned the dark, eventful Civil War years. He was elected to the 37th Congress in 1860 and supported the policies of President Lincoln. Burt liked to brag that he was elected on the same day Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He served terms in 1860-1863 and 1865-1869.-AND-ISAAC CLASON DELAPLAINE(1817 - 1866)CIVIL WAR DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK 1861-1863&PRO-SLAVERY CONGRESSMAN OPPOSING THE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES AND THE SUSPENSION OF HABEAS CORPUS!Delaplaine is buried in Brooklyn's historic Green-Wood Cemetery. >HERE'S VAN HORN and DELAPLAINE'S SIGNATURES REMOVED FROM A 19 th CENTURY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, and INLAID TO ANOTHER SHEETThe document is in VERY FINE CONDITION.A FINE PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ERA STATE OF NEW YHAMPSHIRE POLITICAL HISTORY TO ADD TO YOUR AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!BIOGRAPHY OF CONGRESSMANBURT VAN HORNBurt Van Horn (October 28, 1823 - April 1, 1896) was a United States Representative from New York during the American Civil War .Born in Newfane , he was raised on a farm. He attended the common schools, Yates Academy in Orleans County , and Hamilton College (now Colgate University ) in Hamilton . He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Niagara County and later in the manufacture of cloth.Van Horn was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1858 to 1860, and was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress, holding office from March 4, 1861 to March 3, 1863. He was elected to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1869; he was not a candidate for renomination in 1868.He moved to Lockport in 1867, where he resumed farming and was also engaged in the loaning of money. He was collector of internal revenue at Rochester from 1877 to 1882. In 1896 he died in Lockport; interment was in Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, Niagara County, NY (Section 16, Lot 80-81, Grave 3).BIOGRAPHY OF CONGRESSMANISAAC C. DELAPLAINEIsaac Clason Delaplaine (October 27, 1817 - July 17, 1866) was a lawyer and politician who was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War .BiographyBorn in New York City , Delaplaine was the son of a successful merchant. He graduated from Columbia College (now Columbia University ) in 1834. He received a gold medal for finishing first in his class, as well as silver medals for placing first in studies of: moral and political philosophy; Greek and Roman literature; and mathematics and astronomy. He received the bronze medal for second place in natural, experimental and mechanical philosophy.Delaplaine received a master's degree from Columbia in 1837. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840, and practiced in New York City.He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863). Serving during the American Civil War , Delaplaine joined most other Democrats in supporting Abraham Lincoln 's war measures, but opposing the emancipation of slaves and the suspension of Habeas corpus .He died in New York City on July 17, 1866. He was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York (Section 12, Lot 8919).FamilyDelaplaine was a son of John Ferris Delaplaine (1786-1854) and Julia Ann (Clason) Delaplaine (1794-1866). His brother John Ferris Delaplaine Jr. (1815-1885) served as secretary of the U.S. legation in Vienna from 1866 to 1883.In 1838, Delaplaine married Matilda Post (1821-1907). They were the parents of two daughters, Julie (1840-1915) and Florence (1849-1926). Delaplaine's daughter Julie married attorney George Richard Schieffelin (1836-1910). His daughter Florence (1849-192... read more

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