About Isaac B. Van Houten
Lived 1776 – 1850 (aged 74). Isaac B. Van Houten was an American politician.
Isaac B. Van Houten (June 4, 1776 – August 16, 1850) was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from New York from 1833 to 1835.
Biography Born in Clarkstown (now New City), Rockland County, New York, Van Houten attended the common schools.
He engaged in milling and agricultural pursuits.
Political career He served as member of the State assembly 1833–1835.
Van Houten was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835).
Later career and death He resumed his former business pursuits.
He died in Clarkstown (now New City), New York, August 16, 1850. He was interred in the family burying ground on his estate near Clarkstown.
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American politician (1776-1850)
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Isaac B. Van Houten was born on 4 June 1776.
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Isaac B. Van Houten died on 16 August 1850.
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