Life span: 09/20/1821 to 08/01/1888TabsLife SummaryFull name: Robert Bruce Van ValkenburghPlace of Birth: Prattsburgh, NYBurial Place: Jacksonville, FLBirth Date Certainty: DisputedDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 11No. of Spouses: 1Family: Jacob Van Valkenburg (father), Mary Bethia Higgins Van Valkenburg (mother), Catherine F Rumsey (first wife), Anna Schoyer (second wife)Other Education: Franklin Academy (NY)Occupation: PoliticianMilitaryDiplomatAttorney or JudgeRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: RepublicanGovernment: Johnson Administration (1865-69)DiplomatUS House of RepresentativesState legislatureState supreme courtMilitary: Union Army Events Major TopicsThirty-Seventh Congress of the United StatesThirty-Eighth Congress of the United States19th-Century World Affairs Documents Images Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh, circa 1864 Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh, circa 1864, detail Bibliography