Philip Schuyler

Philip Schuyler
Portrait by Jacob H. Lazarus after a miniature by John Trumbull
United States Senator
from New York
In office
March 4, 1797 – January 3, 1798
Preceded byAaron Burr
Succeeded byJohn Sloss Hobart
In office
July 16, 1789 – March 3, 1791
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAaron Burr
1st Surveyor General of New York
In office
March 30, 1781 – May 13, 1784
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySimeon De Witt
Personal details
Born
Philip Schuyler

(1733-11-20)November 20, 1733
Albany, Province of New York, British America
DiedNovember 18, 1804(1804-11-18) (aged 70)
Albany, New York, U.S.
Resting placeAlbany Rural Cemetery[1]
Political partyPro-Administration,
Federalist
Spouse
(m. 1755; died 1803)
Children
Parent(s)Johannes Schuyler, Jr.
Cornelia van Cortlandt
RelativesSee Schuyler family
ProfessionSoldier, Statesman
Military service
Allegiance Province of New York (1755-1767)
United States (1767-1779)
Branch/serviceNew York Provincial Troops
New York Colonial Militia
Continental Army
RankCaptain (NY)
Colonel (NY)
Major general (USA)
Battles/wars

Philip John Schuyler (/ˈsklər/; November 20, 1733 - November 18, 1804) was an American general in the Revolutionary War and a United States Senator from New York.[2] He is usually known as Philip Schuyler, while his son is usually known as Philip J. Schuyler.

Born in Albany, Province of New York, into the prosperous Schuyler family, Schuyler fought in the French and Indian War. He won election to the New York General Assembly in 1768 and to the Continental Congress in 1775. He planned the Continental Army's 1775 Invasion of Quebec, but poor health forced him to delegate command of the invasion to Richard Montgomery. He prepared the Continental Army's defense of the 1777 Saratoga campaign, but was replaced by Major General Horatio Gates as the commander of Continental forces in the theater. Schuyler resigned from the Continental Army in 1779.

Schuyler served in the New York State Senate for most of the 1780s and supported the ratification of the United States Constitution. He represented New York in the 1st United States Congress but lost his state's 1791 Senate election to Aaron Burr. After a period in the state senate, he won election to the United States Senate again in 1797, affiliating with the Federalist Party. He resigned due to poor health the following year. He was the father of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and the father-in-law of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.

  1. ^ Column atop a large base. Sec. 29, lot 2, Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany, NY., Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 42147). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
  2. ^ "NYSM: Philip Schuyler". Archived from the original on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2012-02-02.