DeWitt C. Dominick

DeWitt Clinton Dominick (September 19, 1851 – May 30, 1934) was an American teacher, businessman and politician from New York.

Life Dominick was born on September 19, 1851, in Gallupville, New York, the son of attorney Weidman Dominick.

Dominick worked for his father from the age of 18 to 21. He then attended the Delaware City Institute and the Albany State Normal School, graduating from the latter in 1876. After spending a year teaching in the public school in his native town, in 1877 he went to Cornell University science course. He graduated from there with a B.S. in 1881. Later that year, he became principal of the schools in Schaghticocke. He worked there for two years, followed by two more years in Greenport. He worked in hardware and drugs for two years in Gallupville. He then spent two years as a traveling salesman for the New York publishing firm E. L. Kellogg & Co., canvassing teachers' institutes in New York and Illinois. He then moved to Walden, where he worked with the schools for the next several years and became Superintendent of the Walden public schools. He also became a proprietor and manager of the Walden Citizen.

Dominick served on the board of education for several terms and was a village trustee. In 1924, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Republican, representing the Orange County 1st District. He served in the Assembly in 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930.

Dominick died at home of pneumonia on May 30, 1934. He was buried in Wallkill Valley Cemetery.