Henry Oothoudt

Henry Oothoudt (January 6, 1739 O.S. – July 14, 1801) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was born on January 6, 1739 (old style), the son of Volkert Oothoudt. He married Eleanor "Neeltje" Van Bergen (1725/6–1793), and they had one daughter, Catherina (born 1763). They lived in Catskill, then in Albany County, now in Greene County.[1]

Oothoudt was a member of the 2nd New York Provincial Congress in 1775–76; of the New York State Assembly (Albany Co.) in 1779–80; and of the New York State Senate (Western D.) from 1781 to 1785, sitting in the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th New York State Legislatures. He was a member of the Council of Appointment in 1781–82.[2]

He was an Anti-Federalist[3] delegate to the New York State Convention to adopt the United States Constitution in 1788. He was appointed as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, and eventually voted against adoption.[4]

In 1790, he ran again for the State Senate, but was defeated by Federalist Leonard Gansevoort.[5]

He died on July 14, 1801, and was buried at the Jefferson Rural Cemetery in Catskill.

Sources
  1. History of Greene County, New York by Frederick L. Beers (1884), chapter "Old Catskill" by Henry Brace; transcribed at Ancestry.com
  2. The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pg. 52, 100, 112, 144, 158, 295 and 411; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
  3. Election result at "A New Nation Votes", compiled by Phil Lampi, hosted at Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
  4. Contested Conventions by Melvin Yazawa (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006; p. 177)
  5. Election result at "A New Nation Votes", compiled by Phil Lampi, hosted at Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
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