Thomas Hillhouse (American politician)

Thomas Hillhouse
Member of the New York State Senate from the 26th district
In office 1860–1861
Preceded by	Truman Boardman
Succeeded by	Charles J. Folger
Adjutant General of New York
In office July 1861 – 1862
Governor	Edwin D. Morgan
Preceded by	John Meredith Read, Jr.
Succeeded by	Franklin Townsend
New York State Comptroller
In office 1866–1867
Governor	Reuben Fenton
Preceded by	Lucius Robinson
Succeeded by	William F. Allen
Personal details
Born	(1817-03-10)March 10, 1817 Albany County, New York, U.S.
Died	July 31, 1897(1897-07-31) (aged 80) Yonkers, New York, U.S.
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Thomas Hillhouse (March 10, 1817 – July 31, 1897) was an American farmer, banker and politician.

Life[]

He was born on March 10, 1817 in Albany County, New York, the son of Thomas Hillhouse (d. 1835, brother of James Hillhouse). He worked and lived on his father's farm until 1851, when he moved to Geneva, New York in Ontario County. He married Harriet Prouty (d. 1903), and their son was Thomas Griswold Hillhouse (d. 1910).

He was a member of the New York State Senate (26th D.) in 1860 and 1861.

He was Adjutant General of New York under Governor Edwin D. Morgan, from July 1861 until the end of 1862. During the American Civil War the state militia fought with the Union Army.

He was New York State Comptroller from 1866 to 1867, elected in 1865 on the Republican ticket, but defeated for re-election in 1867.

He was Assistant Treasurer of the United States until 1881 when he resigned to become President of the Metropolitan Trust Company in New York City.

He died on July 31, 1897 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.^[1]

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Further reading[]

• Political Graveyard
• The tickets at state election, in NYT on November 7, 1865
• His resignation, in NYT on November 19, 1881
• His wife's death notice, in NYT on March 18, 1903
• His son's death notice, in NYT on May 25, 1910
• Google Book Life Sketches of State Officers, Senators, and Members of Assembly in the State of New York in 1867 by S. R. Harlow and H. H. Boone (Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany NY, 1867)