{{short description|American politician}} {{for|his grandfather, born 1756|Abraham G. Lansing}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = Abraham Lansing 1835-1899.jpg | state_senate = New York State | district = 17th | term_start = January 1, 1882 | term_end = December 31, 1883 | predecessor = Waters W. Braman | successor = John Boyd Thacher | office1 = Acting New York State Treasurer | governor1 = John Adams Dix | term_start1 = June 1, 1874 | term_end1 = August 19, 1874 | predecessor1 = Thomas Raines | successor1 = Thomas Raines | birth_date = {{Birth date|1835|02|27}} | birth_place = Albany, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1899|10|04|1835|2|27}} | death_place = Albany, New York, U.S. | party = Democratic | education = The Albany Academy | alma_mater = Williams College (1855)<br>Albany Law School (1857) | spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Gansevoort|November 26, 1873}} | parents = Christopher Yates Lansing<br>Caroline Mary Thomas | relatives = Abraham G. Lansing (grandfather)<br>Gerrit Y. Lansing (uncle) | signature = Signature of Abraham Lansing (1835–1899).png }}
'''Abraham Lansing''' (February 27, 1835 – October 4, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician.<ref name="Weeks1911">{{cite book|last1=Weeks|first1=Lyman Horace|last2=Dougherty|first2=John Hampden|title=Legal and Judicial History of New York|date=1911|publisher=National Americana Society|url=https://archive.org/details/legaljudicialhis03ches|page=[https://archive.org/details/legaljudicialhis03ches/page/52 52]|access-date=17 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>
==Early life== Abraham Lansing a.k.a. "Abe" Lansing, was born in Albany, New York. He was the son of Christopher Yates Lansing (1796–1872) and Caroline Mary (née Thomas) Lansing (1805–1845). Lansing was a grandson of state Treasurer Abraham G. Lansing, grand-nephew of Chancellor John Lansing Jr., and nephew of Gerrit Y. Lansing.<ref name="SUNY1998">{{cite book|last1=Art|first1=Albany Institute of History and|title=Albany Institute of History & Art: 200 Years of Collecting|date=1998|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9781555951016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecDZkmBJmocC&pg=PA185|access-date=17 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>
Lansing attended The Albany Academy, graduated from Williams College with an A.B. in 1855, and was a member of Kappa Alpha Society. He read law with his father, graduated from Albany Law School in 1857, and later practiced law in partnership with his brother William.<ref name="NYSBar1900">{{cite book|title=Twenty-Third Annual Meeting. Proceedings of the New York State Bar Association. Held at the City of Albany, January 16-17, 1900.|date=1900|publisher=New York State Bar Association|location=Albany, N.Y.|pages=368–370|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3748AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA368|access-date=17 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>
==Career== In 1868, he was appointed City Attorney of Albany, and in 1869 became the first New York Supreme Court reporter. He published the first seven volumes of the Supreme Court Reports.<ref name="NYSBar1900"/>
From June 1, 1874, he was Acting New York State Treasurer, appointed by Governor John Adams Dix while Treasurer Thomas Raines was incapacitated due to a nervous breakdown. Treasurer Raines was treated at the Utica State Asylum.<ref name="1874Appointment">{{cite news|title=The New State Treasurer.; Mr. Abraham Lansing, of Albany.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1874/06/02/archives/the-new-state-treasurer-mr-abraham-lansing-of-albany.html|access-date=17 July 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 June 1874|language=en}}</ref><ref>The 1874 Appointment article states erroneously he was a descendant of Chancellor Lansing who in fact was a brother of his grandfather, and so the Chancellor was Abraham Lansing's grand-uncle.</ref> Raines resumed his duties on August 19, 1874.<ref name="1874Resumption">{{cite news |title=The State Treasury.; Resumption of Duty by Mr. Raines Official Correspondence. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1874/08/20/79228337.pdf |access-date=2025-07-28 |newspaper=The New York Times |place=Albany, New York |page=4 |date=1874-08-19 |publication-date=1874-08-20 |language=en}}</ref>
In 1876, Attorney, "Abe" Lansing was chosen Corporation Counsel of Albany. Elected as a Democrat, he was a member of the New York State Senate (17th D.) in 1882 and 1883. There he worked for the establishment of the State Railroad Commission and the Niagara Falls State Park.<ref name="NYSBar1900"/>
He was a director of the National Commercial Bank, trustee of the Albany Savings Bank, Park Commissioner of Albany, Governor of the Albany Hospital, trustee of The Albany Academy, the Albany Medical College, the Albany Rural Cemetery, the Dudley Observatory. In 1879 he was an American delegate to the International Conference (London) for the Codification of the Law of Nations.<ref name="NYSBar1900"/>
==Personal life== On November 26, 1873,<ref name="1899Anniv">{{cite news|title=The Social Season In Town and Country.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1899/11/19/archives/the-social-season-in-town-and-country.html|access-date=17 July 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 November 1899|quote=Congratulations may be extended this morning on the anniversaries of their weddings to: Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Lansing of Albany, (Miss Catherine Gansevoort.) Nov. 26, 1873.}}</ref> he married Catherine Gansevoort (1838–1918),<ref name="CGLObit1918">{{cite news|title=Obituary -- Lansing|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/01/25/archives/obituary-1-no-title.html|access-date=17 July 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 January 1918}}</ref> the daughter of former Brigadier General, Peter Gansevoort (1789–1876), "The Hero of Fort Stanwix" and Mary (née Sanford) Gansevoort (1814–1841).<ref name="Reynolds1911">{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Cuyler|title=Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene|date=1911|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_b4k-AAAAYAAJ|access-date=17 July 2017|language=en}}</ref> She was a granddaughter of Peter Gansevoort and Nathan Sanford. They did not have any children.<ref name="nypl2007">{{cite web|title=Gansevoort-Lansing collection, 1650-1919, bulk (1800-1899).|url=https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/archivalcollections/pdf/gansevoortlansing.pdf|website=nypl.org|publisher=New York Public Library|access-date=17 July 2017|date=2007}}</ref>
Lansing died in Albany on October 4, 1899, and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery at Menands, New York.<ref name="1899NYTObit">{{cite news|title=Death List of a Day {{!}} Abraham Lansing|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/10/05/117931523.pdf|access-date=17 July 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 5, 1899|language=en}}</ref>
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==Further reading== *''[https://archive.org/details/recollectionsofa00lans Recollections: Abraham Lansing]''. 1909. Charles E. Fitch, editor. De Vinne Press, publisher.
==External links== *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lanigan-larkey.html Lansing Political Graveyard] *{{Find a Grave|36391180}}
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