Life span: 12/14/1794 to 04/09/1872TabsLife SummaryFull name: Erastus CorningPlace of Birth: Norwich, CTBurial Place: Albany, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 10No. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 3Family: Bliss Corning (father), Lucinda Smith Corning (mother), Harriet Weld (wife) Occupation: PoliticianBusinessmanRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderChurch or Religious Denomination: EpiscopalianPresbyterianPolitical Parties: DemocraticGovernment: US House of Representatives Events Major TopicsThirty-Seventh Congress of the United StatesThirty-Eighth Congress of the United States Documents Addressee Docs Date Title 06/12/1863 Abraham Lincoln to Erastus Corning and others, June 12, 1863 Images Erastus Corning Erastus Corning, detail Bibliography