Karl C. Schuyler

Schuyler was born in Colorado Springs on April 3, 1877, a son of Frederick and Eleanor (Nellie) Farnan Schuyler.[1] Schuyler attended the public schools of Colorado Springs, after which he became an employee of the Colorado Midland Railroad, taught school, and worked as a stenographer in a law office.[2]

Schuyler was a descendant of Harmanus Schuyler (1727-1796), a cousin of Philip Schuyler, who served as an Assistant Deputy Commissary General during the American Revolution, responsible for acquiring and distributing supplies and equipment to soldiers of the Continental Army.[3] As a result of this relationship, Karl Schuyler was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.[3]

He graduated from the University of Denver's law school in 1898, and was admitted to the bar.[1] Schuyler practiced in Cripple Creek, and then Colorado Springs until he moved to Denver in 1905.[1] Schuyler was a successful corporate attorney, and served as general counsel for the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad, Midland Terminal Railway, Colorado Telephone Company, and the United States Reduction and Refining Company.[1]

Schuyler was also a director or executive of several other corporations.[4] He was a founder of the Midwest Oil and Refining Company, and served on the board of directors and as the company's counsel.[4] In addition, he served as president of the Flower of the West Gold Mining Company and the Merritt Oil Corporation, and a member of the board of directors of the Gulf Oil Companies and the Amalgamated Royalty Oil Corporation.[4] He also served as president of the Kinney-Coastal Oil Company and a director of the Denver National Bank.[2]

In addition to practicing law, Schuyler was a civic activist; he was member of the board of trustees for both the University of Denver and the Colorado Women's College.[5] During World War I, he was an organizer of several Liberty bond campaigns in Colorado, as well as fundraising campaigns for the American Red Cross.[6] His fraternal memberships included the Elks and Masons.[1]

A Republican, Schuyler was a delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention, and chairman of Colorado's 1919 state Republican convention.[6] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1920.[6]

In 1932, he was elected to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles W. Waterman; he served from December 7, 1932 to March 3, 1933.[7] He was an unsuccessful candidate for the full term beginning on March 4, 1933.[7] After leaving the Senate, Schuyler resumed his legal and business interests in Denver.

Schuyler was struck by an automobile in New York City on July 17, 1933.[2] He had been staying at the St. Regis Hotel, and was walking in Central Park when the accident occurred.[2]

Schuyler was hospitalized for his injuries, and died on July 31.[2] He had given the police an alias at the time of the accident, and later told a friend that he did so because he believed his injuries were not serious and he did not want to alarm his friends and family.[2] He provided his real name when he was admitted to Lenox Hill Hospital, but the police report was not corrected until after his death.[2] His wife was notified of the accident while he was hospitalized, and she arrived from Denver in time to be at his bedside when he died.[2] Interment was in the Fairmount Mausoleum at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.[8]

In 1905, Schuyler married Delia Alsena Shepard (1882-1973) of Colorado Springs.[9] They were the parents of three children -- William (born and died in 1908), Eleanor (b. 1912), and Karl Jr. (1914-1979).[10] After Schuyler's death, his widow married Senator Eugene Millikin.[11]

• Karl C. Schuyler at Find a Grave
• United States Congress. "Karl C. Schuyler (id: S000152)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.