Maude E. Ten Eyck
{{short description|New York politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Maude E. Ten Eyck
| state_assembly = New York
| district =
| term_start = 1947
| term_end = 1954
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| birth_date = August 21, 1902
| birth_place = Brookline, Massachusetts
| death_date = March 7, 1977
| death_place = Cohoes, New York
| party = Republican Party
| spouse =
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| education =
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Maude E. Ten Eyck (August 21, 1902 – March 7, 1977) was an American politician from New York.
Life
She was born Maude Edwards on August 21, 1902, in Brookline, Massachusetts.[https://books.google.com/books?id=-moLAQAAIAAJ&q=red+book+maude+ten+eyck+born+1902 New York Red Book] (1954; pg. 230) She married Lansing V. Ten Eyck (1898–1977), and their son was Lansing Ten Eyck Jr.
She became active in politics as a Republican, was President of the Young Women's Republican Club of New York City, was appointed as clerk to several State Senate committees, and was an alternate delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention and a delegate to the 1944 Republican National Convention.[http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%2010/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201949%20Grayscale/Yonkers%20NY%20Herald%20Statesman%201949%20Grayscale%20-%200786.pdf Assemblyman Maude Ten Eyck, Fanelli Slated By G.O.P. Women] in The Herald Statesman, of Yomkers, on May 14, 1949
She was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 1st D.) from 1947 to 1954, sitting in the 166th, 167th, 168th and 169th New York State Legislatures. In November 1954, she ran for re-election, but was defeated.
She was a Deputy Journal Clerk of the State Assembly from 1955[https://www.nytimes.com/1955/01/12/archives/mrs-ten-eyck-appointed.html Mrs. Ten Eyck Appointed] in the New York Times on January 12, 1955 (subscription required) to 1964.[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/06/state-democrats-await-spoils-of-patronage-in-the-legislature.html State Democrats Await Spoils Of Patronage in the Legislature] in the New York Times on November 6, 1964
Later she removed to Waterford, New York.
She died on March 7, 1977, in Cohoes Memorial Hospital in Cohoes, New York.[https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/08/archives/maudee-ten-eyck-74-exassebly-woman-a-republican-she-represented.html MAUDE E. TEN EYCK, 74, EX-ASSEMBLYWOMAN] in the New York Times on March 8, 1977 (subscription required)
Speaker of the New York State Assembly Truman G. Younglove (1815–1882) was her great-grandfather.
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Category:20th-century American women politicians
Category:Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Politicians from Brookline, Massachusetts
Category:Politicians from Manhattan
Category:Women state legislators in New York (state)
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature