George Washington Schuyler

George Washington Schuyler (February 2, 1810 – February 1, 1888) was an American businessman, author, politician, and member of the prominent Schuyler family.

Early life George Washington Schuyler was born on February 2, 1810, in Stillwater, New York, the son of Annatje (née Fort) Schuyler (1770–1851) and John Harmanus Schuyler (1763–1846), the private secretary of John Barker Church. His siblings included Henry Ten Broeck Schuyler, Phillip Church Schuyler, Catherine Angelica Schuyler (wife of Nicholas Bleecker), and Rebecca Sarah Margaret Schuyler.

His paternal grandparents were Harmanus Schuyler (a son of Nicholas Schuyler and Elsie (née Wendell) Schuyler) and Christina Ten Broeck (a daughter of Samuel Ten Broeck and Maria (née Van Rensselaer) Ten Broeck). Schuyler, who was elected on the Union ticket nominated by the Republicans and War Democrats, served from 1864 to 1865. He was appointed by Governor Reuben Fenton as the superintendent of the New York State Banking Department, and served from 1866 to 1871. a position he held for nearly five years.

Schuyler served as a trustee of Cornell University from its foundation, and treasurer from 1868 to 1874. In 1885, he published Colonial New York: Philip Schuyler and His Family (Charles Scribner's Sons; 2 volumes), a valuable resource of Dutch origins, history, and genealogy in the Albany region.

Personal life Schuyler was married to Matilda Scribner (1809–1898), the daughter of Uriah Rogers Scribner and Martha Scribner. Matilda was a half-sister to Charles Scribner (1821–1871), the founder of Charles Scribner's Sons. Together, they were the parents of:

Eugene Schuyler (1840–1890), a writer and diplomat. Martha Schuyler (1842–1922), who married Chauncey Lewis Grant Jr. (1834–1887) and was the mother of Major General Walter S. Grant Evelyn Schuyler (1846–1942), who married Charles Ashmead Schaeffer (1843–1898). Walter S. Schuyler (1850–1932), who married Mary Miller Gardiner, later Elizabeth Stanton. Career Army officer who retired as a brigadier general in 1913. Kate Bleecker Schuyler (1853–1859), who died young.

Schuyler died in Ithaca on February 1, 1888. After his death, his widow married Isaac Remsen Lane (d. 1910).