Name William Kirkpatrick Role American Politician Grandchildren Eugenie de Montijo | Died September 2, 1832 Education Princeton University | |
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Similar People Maria Manuela Kirkpatrick, Eugenie de Montijo, Cipriano de Palafox | ||
Children Maria Manuela Kirkpatrick Great grandchildren Napoleon, Prince Imperial | ||
William Kirkpatrick (November 7, 1769 – September 2, 1832) was an American physician and politician from New York.
Life
Kirkpatrick was born in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, he graduated from Princeton College in 1788, studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and commenced practice in Whitestown, Oneida County, New York in 1795. He moved to Salina (now a part of Syracuse), Onondaga County in 1806 and continued the practice of medicine. He subsequently became Superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 10th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1807 to March 3, 1809. He was again Superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs from 1810 to 1831, and died in Salina in 1832. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York).