Charles Henry Van Wyck
Born: May 10, 1824
Birthplace: Poughkeepsie, New York
Father: Theodorus C. Van Wyck 1787 – 1861
(Buried: Van Wyck Cemetery, Hopewell Junction, New York)
Mother: Margretia Brinckerhoff
Wife: Kate Brodhead 1842 – 1901
(Buried: Milford Cemetery, Milford, Pennsylvania)
Education:
1843: Graduated from Rutgers College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Bloomingburg, New York
1850 – 1856: District Attorney in Sullivan County, New York
1859 – 1863: United States Congressman from New York
1859 – 1861: House Chairman of Mileage Committee
Civil War Career:
1859 – 1863: United States Congressman from New York
1861 – 1863: House Chairman of Revolutionary Pensions
1861 – 1865: Colonel of 56th New York Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded in left knee by bursting shell at Fair Oaks, Virginia
1864: Suffered from Miasmatic Fever and Spent time in hospital
1864 – 1865: Recruiter for the Union Army
1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers in September
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1869: United States Congressman from New York
1870 – 1871: United States Congressman from New York
1874 – 1895: Farmer in Otoe County, Nebraska
1875: Delegate to Nebraska State Constitutional Convention
1877: Nebraska State Senator
1879: Nebraska State Senator
1881: Nebraska State Senator
1881 – 1887: United States Senator from Nebraska
1881 – 1883: Senate Chairman of Mississippi River and Tributaries
1883 – 1887: Senate Chairman of Mississippi River Improvements
1892: Unsuccessful Populist Party Candidate for Governor of Nebraska
Died: October 24, 1895
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Atheroma of the cerebral vessels
Age at time of Death: 71 years old
Burial Place: Milford Cemetery, Milford, Pennsylvania
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