David Van Alstyne

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = David Van Alstyne

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|caption =

|office1 = Member of the
New Jersey Senate
from Bergen County

|term_start1 = 1943

|term_end1 = 1953

|predecessor1 = Lloyd L. Schroeder

|successor1 = Walter H. Jones

|office2 = Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the Bergen district

|term_start2 = 1940

|term_end2 = 1941

|predecessor2 =

|successor2 =

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|1|3}}

|birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|10|10|1897|1|3}}

|death_place = Englewood, New Jersey

|party = Republican

|relatives = Leah Ayres (granddaughter)

}}

David Van Alstyne (January 3, 1897 – October 10, 1985) was an American politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1940 to 1941 and in the New Jersey Senate from 1943 to 1953.

He died of a heart attack on October 10, 1985, at his home in Englewood, New Jersey at age 88.{{cite web|last=James |first=George |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/12/nyregion/davied-van-alstyne-republican-leader-in-jersey-in-the-40-s.html |title=DAVID VAN ALSTYNE, REPUBLICAN LEADER IN JERSEY IN THE 40'S |publisher=NYTimes.com |date=1985-10-12 |accessdate=2017-01-18}}