George Cromwell
{{Short description|American politician (1860–1934)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|birthname = George Cromwell
|image = George Cromwell.jpg
|image_size = 220px
|caption =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1860|7|3|mf=y}}
|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age |1934|9|17|1860|7|3}}
|death_place = Staten Island, New York, U.S.
|state_senate1 = New York
|district1 = 23rd
|term_start1 = January 1, 1915
|term_end1 = December 31, 1918
|preceded1 = George A. Blauvelt
|succeeded1 = John J. Dunnigan
|office2 = 1st Borough President of Staten Island
|term_start2 = January 1, 1898
|term_end2 = December 31, 1913
|preceded2 = None (office created)
|succeeded2 = Charles J. McCormack
|office3 = Member of the New York State Assembly from Richmond County
|term_start3 = January 1, 1888
|term_end3 = December 31, 1888
|preceded3 = Edward A. Moore
|succeeded3 = Hubbard R. Yetman
|party = Republican
|religion =
|alma_mater = Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
Yale University
Columbia Law School
|spouse = Hermine de Rouville
|children =
}}
George Cromwell (July 3, 1860 – September 17, 1934) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.{{cite news|title=George Cromwell Dead at Age of 74|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/09/18/archives/george-cromwell-dead-at-age-of-741-first-borough-president.html|work=New York Times|date=September 18, 1934|page=21|access-date=March 1, 2019|url-access=subscription }}{{cite book|title=Bulletin of Yale University – Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Year 1934–1935|url=http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1934-35.pdf|page=47|access-date=March 1, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609224149/http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1934-35.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|last=Lundrigan|first=Margaret|title=Staten Island: Isle of the Bay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-p4lHNbJfE8C&pg=PA111 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing|date=2004|page=111|isbn=0-7385-2443-3}}
Life
He was the son of Henry Bowman Cromwell, founder of the Cromwell Shipping Line, and Sarah (Seaman) Cromwell. He attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and graduated from Yale College in 1883. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1886, and practiced law with the firm of Elihu Root until 1889. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Richmond County) in 1888.
From 1889 to 1897, he practiced law with the firm of Butler, Stillman & Hubbard, and was in charge of the admiralty law branch. In 1897, he opened his own law office on Broadway (Manhattan).
After the consolidation of New York City, he was elected the first Borough President of Richmond in a very close and contested election, with a margin of only six votes, that was decided by the New York State Court of Appeals. He was elected three times, and served from 1898 to 1913.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (23rd D.) from 1915 to 1918, sitting in the 138th, 139th, 140th and 141st New York State Legislatures. He declined to run for re-election in 1918.{{cite news|title=Cromwell Drops Politics|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/08/04/97012714.pdf|work=New York Times|date=August 4, 1918|access-date=March 1, 2019}} On June 1, 1915, in his first senate term, he married Hermine de Rouville, a member of the noted Hertel de Rouville family of Quebec.{{cite news|title=June Comes With a Trail of Brides – Cromwell—de Rouville|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/06/02/100159215.pdf|work=New York Times|date=June 2, 1915|access-date=March 1, 2019}} They had no children.
On September 11, 1934, he suffered a stroke, and died six days later in Dongan Hills, Staten Island. He was buried at the Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp, Staten Island.
References
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External links
- [https://archive.org/stream/officialnewyorkf04fitc#page/324/mode/1up Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes] by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, vol. IV, p. 324)
- [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/09/29/101899444.pdf Cromwell Put on the Fusion Slate] in The New York Times on September 29, 1909
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{{succession box | before = Edward A. Moore | title = New York State Assembly
Richmond County | years = 1888 | after = Hubbard R. Yetman}}
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{{succession box | before = new office | title = Borough President of Richmond | years = 1898–1913 | after = Charles J. McCormack}}
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{{succession box | before = George A. Blauvelt | title = New York State Senate
23rd District | years = 1915–1918 | after = John J. Dunnigan}}
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Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Category:Staten Island borough presidents
Category:Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni
Category:Columbia Law School alumni
Category:Politicians from Staten Island
Category:Burials at Moravian Cemetery
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature