Isaac W. Van Schaick
{{Short description|19th century American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix =
|name = Isaac W. Van Schaick
|honorific-suffix =
|image = Congressman I. W. Van Schaick.jpg
|caption = Photo by C. M. Bell, ca. 1890
|state1 = Wisconsin
|district1 = 4th
| term_start1 = March 4, 1889
| term_end1 = March 3, 1891
| predecessor1 = Henry Smith
| successor1 = John L. Mitchell
| term_start2 = March 4, 1885
| term_end2 = March 3, 1887
| predecessor2 = Peter V. Deuster
| successor2 = Henry Smith
|state3 = Wisconsin
|state_senate3 = Wisconsin
|district3 = 5th
| term_start3 = January 1, 1877
| term_end3 = January 1, 1883
| predecessor3 = Robert Hall Baker
| successor3 = Jedd Philo Clark Cottrill
|state4 = Wisconsin
|state_assembly4 = Wisconsin
|district4 = Milwaukee 1st
| term_start4 = January 4, 1875
| term_end4 = January 3, 1876
| predecessor4 = Alfred L. Cary
| successor4 = Patrick Drew
| term_start5 = January 6, 1873
| term_end5 = January 5, 1874
| predecessor5 = John W. Cary
| successor5 = Alfred L. Cary
|party = Republican
|birth_date = December 7, 1817
|birth_place = Coxsackie, New York, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1901|08|22|1817|12|07}}
|death_place = Catonsville, Maryland, U.S.
|restingplace = Athens Rural Cemetery
Athens, New York
|spouse = {{marriage|Eliza Sanderson|1842|1901}}
|children =
|relatives = Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane (nephew)
|alma_mater =
|occupation = Manufacturer
}}
Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick (December 7, 1817{{spnd}}August 22, 1901) was an American businessman and Republican politician. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. He also served six years in the Wisconsin State Senate and two years in the State Assembly. His nephew, Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane, was also a member of congress.
Early life
Van Schaick was born in Coxsackie, New York, on December 7, 1817. He was educated in the common schools there and worked on his father's farm. He engaged in the manufacture of glue in New York. He moved to Chicago in 1857, and to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1861, where he was in the flour-milling business with his wife's family. After the American Civil War, Van Schaick traveled to Arkansas and worked for in the cotton industry. He returned to Milwaukee three years later.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91182900/obituary-for-isaac-w-van-schaick/ |title= Isaac W. Van Schaick |newspaper= The Baltimore Sun |date= August 23, 1901 |page= 7 |accessdate= December 26, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }}
Politics
Van Schaick was elected to the Milwaukee Common Council in 1871. He served as member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1873 and 1875. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1877 to 1882.
Van Schaick was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress in 1884 as the representative of Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1886, and was succeeded by Henry Smith of the Union Labor Party.
Van Schaick defeated Smith for election to the 51st United States Congress in 1888, receiving 22,212 votes to 20,685 for Smith (running on the Democratic and Labor tickets), 527 for Socialist John Schuler and 302 for Prohibitionist George Heckendorn.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1889 |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1889 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Timme |editor-first= Ernst G. |editor-link= Ernst Timme |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1889/reference/wi.wibluebk1889.i0015.pdf |chapter= Biographical |page= 488 |accessdate= December 26, 2021 }} He was not a candidate for renomination to Congress in 1890, and was succeeded by Democrat John Lendrum Mitchell. In 1892 he ran unsuccessfully for State Senator from the 4th district, losing to Democrat James W. Murphy.{{cite report|url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1893 |title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1893 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Cunningham |editor-first= Thomas J. |editor-link=Thomas Cunningham (Wisconsin politician) |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1893/reference/wi.wibluebk1893.i0016.pdf |chapter= Biographical |page= 627 |accessdate= December 26, 2021 }}
Late life
He moved to Catonsville, Maryland, in 1894, where he lived in retirement until his death there August 22, 1901. He was interred in Athens Cemetery, Athens, New York.
Personal life and family
Isaac Van Schaick married Eliza Sanderson, daughter of John Sanderson and Margaret Whitfield, in 1842, in Athens, New York. She survived him, but died two years later, in 1903.
Electoral history
=Wisconsin Assembly (1872, 1874)=
{{Election box begin|title=Wisconsin Assembly, Milwaukee 1st District Election, 1872}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Isaac W. Van Schaick
|votes = 510
|percentage = 85.28%
|change = }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Jacob Braun
|votes = 88
|percentage = 14.72%
|change = }}
{{Election box total
|votes = 598
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Wisconsin Assembly, Milwaukee 1st District Election, 1874}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Isaac W. Van Schaick
|votes = 752
|percentage = 56.54%
|change = }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = John W. Cary
|votes = 578
|percentage = 43.46%
|change = }}
{{Election box total
|votes = 1,330
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wisconsin Senate (1876, 1878, 1880)=
{{Election box begin|title=Wisconsin Senate, 5th District Election, 1876}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Isaac W. Van Schaick
|votes = 4,563
|percentage = 58.78%
|change = }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Henry C. Runkle
|votes = 3,200
|percentage = 41.22%
|change = }}
{{Election box total
|votes = 7,763
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Wisconsin Senate, 5th District Election, 1878}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Isaac W. Van Schaick (incumbent)
|votes = 3,437
|percentage = 53.80%
|change = }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = David G. Hooker
|votes = 2,639
|percentage = 41.31%
|change = }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Greenback Party
|candidate = Robert Gunyan
|votes = 312
|percentage = 4.88%
|change = }}
{{Election box total
|votes = 6,388
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Wisconsin Senate, 5th District Election, 1880}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Isaac W. Van Schaick (incumbent)
|votes = 5,678
|percentage = 60.05%
|change = }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Henry Smith
|votes = 3,778
|percentage = 39.95%
|change = }}
{{Election box total
|votes = 9,456
|percentage = 100.0%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=U.S. House of Representatives (1884)=
{{Election box begin|title=Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District Election, 1884}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Isaac W. Van Schaick
|votes = 16,783
|percentage = 49.05%
|change = +7.31%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Peter V. Deuster (incumbent)
|votes = 15,907
|percentage = 46.49%
|change = -2.11%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Greenback Party
|candidate = Henry Smith
|votes = 1,296
|percentage = 3.79%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Prohibition Party (United States)
|candidate = C. E. Reed
|votes = 226
|percentage = 0.66%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Harrison C. Hobart (write-in)
|votes = 1
|percentage = 0.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box plurality
|votes = 876
|percentage = 2.56%
|change = -4.30%
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 34,213
|percentage = 100.0%
|change = +71.66%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=U.S. House of Representatives (1888)=
{{Election box begin|title=Wisconsin's 4th Congressional District Election, 1888}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Isaac W. Van Schaick
|votes = 22,212
|percentage = 50.80%
|change = +20.10%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Henry Smith (incumbent)
|votes = 20,685
|percentage = 47.31%
|change = +4.80%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Party of America
|candidate = John Schuler
|votes = 527
|percentage = 1.21%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Prohibition Party (United States)
|candidate = George M. Heckendorn
|votes = 302
|percentage = 0.69%
|change = +0.10%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Write-ins
|votes = 3
|percentage = 0.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box plurality
|votes = 1,527
|percentage = 3.49%
|change = -8.32%
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 43,729
|percentage = 100.0%
|change = +39.18%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Labor Party (United States, 19th century)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wisconsin Senate (1892)=
{{Election box begin|title=Wisconsin Senate, 4th District Election, 1892}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = James W. Murphy
|votes = 5,214
|percentage = 51.01%
|change = +15.47%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Isaac W. Van Schaick
|votes = 4,824
|percentage = 47.19%
|change = -4.32%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Prohibition Party (United States)
|candidate = William Bendike
|votes = 98
|percentage = 0.96%
|change = +0.74%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People's Party (United States)
|candidate = Meschaff
|votes = 86
|percentage = 0.84%
|change =
}}
{{Election box plurality
|votes = 390
|percentage = 3.82%
|change = -12.15%
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 10,222
|percentage = 100.0%
|change = +0.06%
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|loser = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
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