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Stephen Van Rensselaer III. (* 1. November 1764 in New York City; † 26. Januar 1839 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, General, Großgrundbesitzer und Philanthrop .
Stephen Van Rensselaer III ( / ˈrɛnslər, - slɪər /; [4] November 1, 1764 – January 26, 1839) was an American landowner, businessman, militia officer, and politician. A graduate of Harvard College, at age 21, Van Rensselaer took control of Rensselaerswyck, his family's manor.
4. Mai 2022 · Stephen Van Rensselaer III became a leader in the Federalist Party following in the footsteps of his Schuyler and Hamilton relatives. In 1789, he was elected to the New York State Assembly and in 1790 to the New York State Senate, where he served for five years.
3. Juli 2001 · Stephen Van Rensselaer III died in 1839 at the age of seventy-five. He is remembered in local lore as "The Last Patroon" and "The Good Patroon." Following his death, his former tenants rebelled against paying rents to his heirs. The subsequent conflict is known as the Antirent Wars.
Stephen van Rensselaer III, the Last Patroon (1764-1839) With assets at his death worth approximately $10,000,000, or 1/65 of the nation's Gross Domestic Product, Fortune magazine listed Stephen III as the tenth richest American of all-time.
The distinguished statesman and patron of education, Stephen Van Rensselaer III is best known as the namesake and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was especially dedicated to scientific pursuits, sponsoring Amos Eaton’s extensive geological fieldwork in Albany and Rensselaer counties. After spending several years as a member ...
Stephen Van Rensselaer [1765-1839] actually improved the productivity of the lands in the Rensselaerswijck estate by lowering rents to about one percent of the land's output in order to induce farmers to settle on his lands. As a result he soon had 900 farms of 150 acres each under cultivation.
