American politician

Cornelius C. Schoonmaker, New York Congressman

Cornelius Corneliusen Schoonmaker (June 1745:– February 1796) was a United States Representative from New York.

Life

Born in Shawangunk (now Wallkill), Ulster County, New York, he received a limited schooling, became a surveyor and was engaged in agricultural pursuits. During the American Revolutionary War, he was a member of the committees of vigilance and safety. He was a member of the New York State *embly (Ulster Co.) from 1777 to 1790 and was a member of the State Convention to ratify the U.S. Cons*ution in 1788. In April, 1790, Schoonmaker was elected to the 2nd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1791, to March 3, 1793. He was again a member of the State *embly in 1795.

Schoonmaker died in Shawangunk in February, 1796, and was interred in Old Shawangunk Churchyard at Bruynswick, in Shawangunk.

Congressman Marius Schoonmaker (1811–1894) was his grandson.

References

• United States Congress. "Cornelius C. Schoonmaker (id: S000140)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• "Schoonmaker, Cornelius":. Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.