John W. Mulligan

John W. Mulligan (April 13, 1774 – January 17, 1862) was an 18th-century attorney who had been Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben's secretary. Later in life, he was U.S. Consul in Athens, Greece.

Early life John W. Mulligan was born on April 13, 1774, in New York City. He was the son of Hercules Mulligan (1740–1825), an Irish-American tailor and spy during the American Revolutionary War, and Elizabeth Saunders Mulligan. When Alexander Hamilton was a student at Columbia College, he boarded with Hercules Mulligan. Later, Hercules Mulligan managed a store at 3 Vesey Street. Hamilton's family papers show that John Mulligan was an intimate friend of both Alexander Hamilton and his son.

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Soon after graduation, Mulligan met Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Around the same time, John Mulligan met Charles Adams, the son of then-Vice President John Adams and they lived together until late 1792. Mulligan was U.S. Consul in Athens where he lived for many years. One of his daughters, Frances Maria Mulligan (1799–1884), married the Rev. John Henry Hill, who settled in Athens as a Missionary. Another daughter, Elizabeth, married on October 6, 1838, in Athens to Edward Masson, Esquire of Scotland, late Attorney General of the Kingdom of Greece.

John W. Mulligan died on January 17, 1862, in Hartford, Connecticut. When he died at 88 years old, he was the oldest living graduate of Columbia College and the oldest lawyer of New York City.