Isaac W. Van Schaick

Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick (December 7, 1817 – August 22, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. He was the uncle of Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane.

Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1889  March 3, 1891
Preceded byHenry Smith
Succeeded byJohn L. Mitchell
In office
March 4, 1885  March 3, 1887
Preceded byPeter V. Deuster
Succeeded byHenry Smith
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 5th district
In office
January 10, 1877  January 10, 1883
Preceded byRobert Hall Baker
Succeeded byJedd Philo Clark Cottrill
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Milwaukee 1st district
In office
January 13, 1875  January 12, 1876
Preceded byAlfred L. Cary
Succeeded byPatrick Drew
In office
January 8, 1873  January 14, 1874
Preceded byJohn W. Cary
Succeeded byAlfred L. Cary
Personal details
BornDecember 7, 1817
Coxsackie, New York
DiedAugust 22, 1901(1901-08-22) (aged 83)
Catonsville, Maryland
Resting placeAthens Rural Cemetery
Athens, New York
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Eliza Sanderson
(died 1903)
RelationsUncle of Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane
OccupationManufacturer

Early life

Van Schaick was born in Coxsackie, New York on 7 December 1817. He married Eliza Sanderson, daughter of John Sanderson and Margaret Whitfield in 1842, in Athens, New York.

Isaac Van Schaick engaged in the manufacture of glue in New York. He moved to Chicago in 1857, and to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1861, where he was in the flour-milling business with the Sanderson family.

Politics

Van Schaick was elected to the Milwaukee Common Council in 1871. He served as member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1873 and 1875. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1877 to 1882.

Van Schaick was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress in 1884 as the representative of Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1886, and was succeeded by Henry Smith of the Union Labor Party.

Van Schaick defeated Smith for election to the 51st United States Congress in 1888, receiving 22,212 votes to 20,685 for Smith (running on the Democratic and Labor tickets), 527 for Socialist John Schuler and 302 for Prohibitionist George Heckendorn.[1] He was not a candidate for renomination to Congress in 1890, and was succeeded by Democrat John Lendrum Mitchell. In 1892 he ran unsuccessfully for State Senator from the Fourth District, losing to Democrat James W. Murphy.

Late life

He moved to Catonsville, Maryland in 1894, where he lived in retirement until his death there August 22, 1901. He was interred in Athens Cemetery, Athens, New York.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly, Milwaukee 1st District Election, 1872
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Isaac W. Van Schaick 510 85.28%
Democratic Jacob Braun 88 14.72%
Total votes '598' '100.0%'
Republican gain from Democratic
Wisconsin Assembly, Milwaukee 1st District Election, 1874
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Isaac W. Van Schaick 752 56.54%
Democratic John W. Cary 578 43.46%
Total votes '1,330' '100.0%'
Republican gain from Democratic
Wisconsin Senate 5th District Election, 1876
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Isaac W. Van Schaick 4,563 58.78%
Democratic Henry C. Runkle 3,200 41.22%
Total votes '7,763' '100.0%'
Republican hold
Wisconsin Senate 5th District Election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Isaac W. Van Schaick (incumbent) 3,437 53.80%
Democratic David G. Hooker 2,639 41.31%
Greenback Robert Gunyan 312 4.88%
Total votes '6,388' '100.0%'
Republican hold
Wisconsin Senate 5th District Election, 1880
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Isaac W. Van Schaick (incumbent) 5,678 60.05%
Democratic Henry Smith 3,778 39.95%
Total votes '9,456' '100.0%'
Republican hold
Wisconsin 4th Congressional District Election, 1884
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Isaac W. Van Schaick 16,783 30.71%
Democratic Peter V. Deuster (incumbent) 15,907 27.07%
Labor Henry Smith 1,296 2.21%
C.E. Reed 226 0.38%
H.C. Hobart 1 0.00%
Total votes '34,213' '100.0%'
Republican gain from Democratic
Wisconsin 4th Congressional District Election, 1888
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Isaac W. Van Schaick 22,212 30.71%
Democratic Henry Smith (incumbent) 20,685 28.60%
Socialist John Schuler 527 0.73%
Prohibition George M. Heckendorn 302 0.42%
Write-ins 3 0.00%
Total votes '43,729' '100.0%'
Republican gain from Democratic

References

  • United States Congress. "Isaac W. Van Schaick (id: V000058)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Isaac W. Van Schaick at Find a Grave
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Peter V. Deuster
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 4th congressional district

March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
Succeeded by
Henry Smith
Preceded by
Henry Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 4th congressional district

March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Succeeded by
John L. Mitchell
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