Cornelius Gardinier (June 24, 1809 in Fultonville,

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– October 21, 1892 in Darien,

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) was an American politician from New York.

Life

Born to Rynier Gardinier and Mary Newkirk, he married Catherine and had at least ten children. He was Postmaster of Fultonville from 1841 to 1843. In 1853, he ran for

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on the Whig ticket against

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. He won the election and remained in office from 1854 until 1856. He died on October 21, 1892, in

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, at the home of his son-in-law J. H. Taylor.

Sources

''Official State Canvass''
in NYT on January 3, 1854
''Whig State Officers''
in the ''Havana Journal'', of

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, on January 14, 1854
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pg. 42; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Death notice
in the ''New York Herald'' on October 23, 1892

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