Thomas Beekman

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Thomas Beekman

| image =

| state = New York

| district = 22nd

| term_start = March 4, 1829

| term_end = March 3, 1831

| preceded = John G. Stower

| succeeded = Edward C. Reed

| birth_date = {{birth-date|July 4, 1790}}

| death_date = {{death-date and age|February 2, 1870|July 4, 1790}}

| birth_place = Kinderhook, New York, United States

| death_place = Kinderhook, New York

| parents = John T. Beekman
Annatje Pruyn

| spouse = Lydia Van Schaack Beekman

| children =

| profession = lawyer, farmer, politician

| party = Anti-Jacksonian
Anti-Masonic

| relatives = John P. Beekman (brother)

| alma_mater =

}}

Thomas Beekman (July 4, 1790 – February 2, 1870)New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, [https://books.google.com/books?id=a9MUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA245 The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record], Volumes 20-22, 1889, page 245 was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York.{{cite web|title=BEEKMAN, Thomas - Biographical Information|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000308|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=3 February 2017}}

Biography

Beekman was born in Kinderhook, New York to John J. Beekman and Annatje Pruyn.Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Kinderhook, Book 21 His elder brother was Dr. John Pruyn Beekman (1788–1861), a member of the New York State Senate from 1845 to 1847.{{cite book|last1=Klett|first1=Joseph R.|title=Genealogies of New Jersey Families: Families A-Z, pre-American notes on old New Netherland families, Vol. I|date=1996|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=9780806314914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k4zStKaPmsEC&pg=PA158|accessdate=3 February 2017|language=en}}

Beekman studied law and became an attorney and farmer in Smithfield and later Peterboro.{{cite web|title=Thomas Beekman|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=22 August 2013}}

Career

Beekman served in local offices including as a town clerk,Luna M. Hammond Whitney, [https://books.google.com/books?id=JiUVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA711 History of Madison County, State of New York], 1872, page 711 and was active in the militia as aide-de-camp to the commander of its 17th Division.New York Council of Appointment, [http://home.comcast.net/~ingallsam/MM/mmMinutes.html Military Minutes, 1783-1821], accessed January 15, 2013 Beekman was also active in the Anti-Masonic movement of the 1820s and 1830s.Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SvAxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA86 The Proceedings of the Second United States Anti-Masonic Convention], 1832, page 86

Elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress, Beekman was U. S. Representative for the twenty-second district of New York and served one term, from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1831.Roger Sherman Skinner, [https://books.google.com/books?id=6o0UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA54 The New-York State Register for 1830-1831], 1830, page 54 In 1831 he was an unsuccessful Anti-Masonic candidate for the New York State Senate.Henry J. Cookinham, [https://archive.org/details/historyofoneidac01cook_0/page/n168 History of Oneida County, New York], Volume 1, Part 1, 1912, page 101

Beekman later moved back to Kinderhook, where he farmed, practiced law, was active in several businesses, including the Kinderhook National Bank,Edward Augustus Collier, [https://archive.org/details/ahistoryoldkind00collgoog/page/n232 A History of Old Kinderhook From Aboriginal Days to the Present Time], 1914, page 301 and served as Columbia County Excise Commissioner from 1857 to 1859.Franklin Ellis, [https://archive.org/stream/historyofcolumbi00ever#page/78/mode/2up History of Columbia County, New York], 1878, page 79 After his retirement in the 1860s he spent summers in Kinderhook and winters living with his daughter in New York City.

He was married to Lydia Van Schaack.

Death

Beekman died in Kinderhook on February 2, 1870 (age 79 years, 213 days). He is interred at Kinderhook Reformed Church Cemetery.[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Beekman&GSiman=1&GScid=406606&GRid=36394607& Thomas Beekman] at [http://www.findagrave.com/index.html Find A Grave], accessed January 15, 2013