Stephen Van Rensselaer (Person) AKA III
Stephen Van Rensselaer
1764 AD - 1839 AD
AKA III
An American landowner, businessman, militia officer, and politician best remembered as the founder of RPI.
- U.S. House of Representatives from NY 10th district 1823 – 1829
- U.S. House of Representatives from NY 9th district 1822 – 1823
- Lieutenant Governor of NY under Governor John Jay 1795–1801
- NY State Senate from the Western District, at-large 1791–1796
- NY State Assembly from the Albany County district, at-large 1789–1791
- Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of NY 1825–1829
- 9th Patroon and 6th Lord of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck 1769–1839
As owner of one of the largest estates in New York, Van Rensselaer's holdings made him the tenth richest American of all time, based on the ratio of his fortune to contemporary GDP. His net worth estimated at more than $100 billion in modern dollars.
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