Nathan D. Wendell (1835, Fort Plain,

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– January 5, 1886, Albany,

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) was an American banker and politician.

Life

He first learned the printer's trade, but in 1854 went to Albany and began to work for the Merchants' National Bank with which he remained until the day of his death, having become Cashier in 1864 and Vice President in 1880. In 1872, he was elected Treasurer of Albany County. In 1876, he was a

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. He was

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from 1880 to 1881, elected in

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. He was an alternate delegate to the

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. At a time, he was one of the co-owners of the '' Albany Morning Express'' newspaper. He was the receiver of the Universal Life Insurance Company of

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Sources

Obit in NYT on January 6, 1886

The Universal life receivership, in NYT on April 22, 1882

Political Graveyard

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