Frank Hasbrouck (January 4, 1852 – December 18, 1928) was an American lawyer and judge from New York.

Life

Hasbrouck was born on January 4, 1852, in

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, the son of Dr. Alfred Hasbrouck and Margaret Ann Manning. He was descended from three of the twelve

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Patentees: Abraham Hasbrouck, his brother Jean Hasbrouck, and Hugo Freer. He was also a descendant of Baltus Van Kleeck, an original settler of Poughkeepsie. Hasbrouck attended the Dutchess County Academy. He went to

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in 1868, graduating from there with a

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in 1872. He then studied law in the office of Orlando D. M. Baker of Poughkeepsie. He was admitted to the bar in 1875. He spent the next several years working as managing clerk in Baker's office, then set up his own practice in Poughkeepsie. He was an active member of the

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, and unsuccessfully ran for several local and county offices in a heavily Republican area. In 1875, he was elected to the city's board of health, serving two years as a member and secretary of the board. In 1876, he was elected Justice of the Peace of Poughkeepsie, serving in that position from 1877 to 1880. He was appointed city treasurer and served in the office from 1887 to 1888. President Cleveland appointed him Postmaster of Poughkeepsie, an office he held from 1895 to 1899. He was appointed corporation counsel of the city in 1907. In 1907, Hasbrouck was elected

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. He served in that office for a six-year term. In 1914, Governor Glynn appointed him Superintendent of the

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. He served as Superintendent until 1915, after which he resumed his law practice. Hasbrouck attended the Reformed Dutch Church. He was a founder and first secretary of the

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, trustee, vice-president, and president of the Holland Society, and a and manager of the

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. He was at one point a member of the

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, but later dropped all New York City club affiliations and became president of the local University Club. He contributed historical papers to local periodicals, and in 1909 he edited a history of Dutchess County. In 1876, he married Esther Jackman of

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. Their children were Ross (a notable Poughkeepsie engineer), Alfred (a Latin American history professor in

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), Olga, and Elsa (an accomplished sculptor, interior decorator, and co-founder of the Windbrook School). Hasbrouck died at home from

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on December 18, 1926. He was buried in

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. The Hasbrouck House, built for Hasbrouck by architect

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in 1885, was added to the

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in 1982.

References

External links

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