Robert Bogardus (May 22, 1771 "Possession House", St. John's Park,

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– September 12, 1841

) was an American lawyer and politician from

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, a lineal descendant of Dominie

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Life

He was the son of Lewis Bogardus (1738–1808) and Annie (Mills) Bogardus (b. 1745). In 1792, he married Maria Sabina Waldron (1774–1855), and they had ten children. Robert Bogardus was a member of the

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(New York Co.) in

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. He fought in the

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, and in November 1812, as a lieutenant colonel, was placed in command of the Third Brigade of the New York Militia Infantry. From 1813 to 1815, as a colonel, he commanded the 41st U.S.Infantry Regiment. He was later promoted to general. He was a member of the

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(1st D.) from 1827 to 1829, sitting in the 50th, 51st and

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s. He resigned his seat on May 4, 1829. His daughter Sarah Jay Bogardus (b. 1794) married Foxhall A. Parker (1788–1857), and their children were Foxhall A. Parker (1821–1879) and

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(1826–1896).

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 126f, 138, 185 and 260; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''The Prominent Families of the United States of America''
ed. by Arthur Meredyth Burke (originally published London, 1908; reprinted Baltimore MD, 1991; ; page 144) *''A Genealogical History of the Ancestors and Descendants of General Robert Bogardus'' by Alice Gray Lovejoy (1927) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogardus, Robert 1771 births 1841 deaths Lawyers from New York City New York (state) state senators Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) Democratic-Republicans Politicians from New York City 19th-century American lawyers United States Army personnel of the War of 1812