Van Valkenburgh, Robert Bruce

Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh, circa 1864, detail

Life span:

09/20/1821 to 08/01/1888

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Life Summary

Full name:

Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh

Place of Birth:

Prattsburgh, NY

Burial Place:

Jacksonville, FL

Birth Date Certainty:

Disputed

Death Date Certainty:

Exact

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Sectional choice:

North

Origins:

Free State

No. of Siblings:

No. of Spouses:

Family:

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:

Politician

Military

Diplomat

Attorney or Judge

Relation to Slavery:

White non-slaveholder

Political Parties:

Republican

Government:

Johnson Administration (1865-69)

Diplomat

US House of Representatives

State legislature

State supreme court

Military:

Union Army

Events

Major Topics

Thirty-Seventh Congress of the United States

Thirty-Eighth Congress of the United States

19th-Century World Affairs

Documents

Images

Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh, circa 1864

Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh, circa 1864, detail

Bibliography

Van Valkenburgh, Robert Bruce

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