James Guyon Jr. (December 24, 1778 – March 9, 1846
Staten Island
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Life
He was the son of James Guyon (b. 1746) and Susannah Guyon. The Guyon family was of
French Protestant
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descent. James Guyon Jr. was married three times: first to Ann Bedell; second to Ann Perine; and third to Martha Seguine.
Guyon Jr. was appointed captain of the Second Squadron, First Division of Cavalry, in 1807. He represented
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as a member of the
New York State Assembly
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in 1812–1814. He was promoted to the rank of major in 1814, and in 1819 colonel of the First Regiment of Horse Artillery.
In the
, Guyon Jr. received a larger number of votes, but
Ebenezer Sage
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Early life
Sage was born in that part of the town of Chatham (which was later separated as the Town of Portland) in the Connecticut C ...
was declared elected because part of the vote was returned for "James Guyon" (omitting "Jr."). Sage did not take or claim the seat, and Guyon Jr. successfully contested the election. He was seated on January 14, 1820, in the
16th United States Congress
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, and held office until March 3, 1821. Afterwards he engaged in farming. His half-brother Harmanus "Harry" Guyon also served in the New York State Assembly (1819–1820).
James Jr. was interred in
St. Andrew's Cemetery on Staten Island. The family's local legacy includes James's nearby Guyon Tavern (c. 1820), and the landmarked
Guyon-Lake-Tysen House (c. 1740), and the original Guyon-Clarke House (c. 1670) that stood until 1925 at the foot of today's Guyon Avenue.
References
''The New York Civil List''(1858), page 278.
* J.J. Clute
''Old Families of Staten Island''(2009)
rig. 1877 pages 51–52.
"Guyon Store (Tavern)" Historic Richmond Town.
(September 25, 2018), ''Staten Island Advance''.
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1778 births
1846 deaths
People from Staten Island
Members of the New York State Assembly
United States Army officers
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)