Farmer, businessman, and three term member of Congress from New York's Twenty-Ninth District.
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Life Summary
Full name
Burt Van Horn
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
11
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
2
Family
James Augustus Van Horn (father) Abigal Carpenter Van Horn (mother), Charlotte Goodall (first wife - two sons), Alicine Schuyler (second wife)
Education
Other
Other Education
Hamilton College (NY)
Occupation
Politician
Farmer or Planter
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Government
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Local government