Moses I. Cantine

'''Moses I. Cantine''' (January 18, 1774 - January 24, 1823) was an American politician, judge and newspaper editor from New York. A Democratic-Republican, he was most notable for his service as a member of the New York State Senate and First Judge of the Greene County Court.

==Biography== Cantine was born in Marbletown, Ulster County, New York on January 18, 1774, a son of Johannes and Maria (Brodhead) Cantine.<ref name="Titus">{{cite book |last=Titus |first=Elroy Wilson |date=1984 |title=A History of the Titus and Related Families |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VhRWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22moses+i.+cantine%22 |location=Columbus, OH |publisher=E. W. Titus |pages=892, 907 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="Huntington">{{cite book |last=Huntington |first=Alice Cantine |date=1957 |title=The Cantine Family: Descendants of Moses Cantine |url=https://archive.org/details/cantinefamilydes00hunt/page/16/mode/2up?q=hoes |location=Wrst Hartford, CT |publisher=Chedwato Service |page=17 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> He graduated from Princeton University in 1796, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Greene County, New York.<ref name="Titus"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Princeton University |date=1908 |title=General Catalogue of Princeton University, 1746-1906 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnILAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA110 |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=John C. Winston Company |page=110 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

A member of the Democratic-Republican Party,<ref>{{cite book |last=Hammond |first=Jabez Delano |date=1850 |title=The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York |volume=I |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5b4BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA376 |location=Buffalo, NY |publisher=Phinney & Co. |page=376 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Cantine served as district attorney of the Third District (Columbia, Greene and Rensselaer counties) from 1805 to 1806, 1808 to 1810, and 1811 to 1818.<ref name="Beers">{{cite web |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2/beers_history_of_greene_county_outline_of_greene_county.htm |title=History of Greene County, New York |last=Beers |first=J. B. |date=1884 |website=History of Greene County |publisher=Dianne Schnettler, transcriber |access-date=September 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806110759/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2/beers_history_of_greene_county_outline_of_greene_county.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He served in the New York State Senate from 1814 to 1818.<ref name="Huntington"/> He served as First Judge of the Greene County Court from 1818 to 1820.<ref name="Titus"/>

A longtime member of the New York Militia, Cantine served as inspector of the 4th Brigade with the rank of major.<ref name="Hastings">{{cite book |editor1-last=Hastings |editor1-first=Hugh |date=1898 |title=Public Papers of Daniel D. Tompkins |volume=I |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUE8AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA744 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford |pages=492, 744 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Guernsey |first=Rocellus Sheridan |date=1895 |title=New York City and Vicinity During the War of 1812-15 |volume=II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EXEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA164 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Charles L. Woodward |page=164 |via=Google Books}}</ref> During the War of 1812, he served on the northern frontier, the border area between New York and Canada.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 28, 1823 |title=Death Notice, Moses I. Cantine |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/ |work=Albany Argus |location=Albany, NY |page=1 |via=GenealogyBank.com |access-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-date=May 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523145527/https://www.genealogybank.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1818, he was appointed the militia's judge advocate general with the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref name="Hastings"/><ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hastings |editor1-first=Hugh |editor2-last=Noble |editor2-first=Henry Harmon |date=1902 |title=Documents of the Senate of the State of New York: Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York |volume=XI |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LqIlAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1954 |location=Albany, NY |publisher=J. B. Lyon Company |page=1954 |via=Google Books |access-date=2020-09-08 |archive-date=2024-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617223925/https://books.google.com/books?id=LqIlAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1954#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

On August 25, 1820, Cantine and Isaac Q. Leake took over the ''Albany Argus'' from Jesse Buel.<ref name="Titus"/> In addition to publishing the newspaper, Cantine and Leake received appointment as the official state printers.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 17, 1820 |title=Legislature of New-York: Moses I. Cantine and Isaac Q. Leake |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58830488/cantine-leake-printer/ |work=The Evening Post |location=New York, NY |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=September 7, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617223919/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-post-cantine-leake-printer/58830488/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He died in Albany, New York on January 24, 1823.<ref name="Huntington"/> Contemporary news accounts indicate that Cantine died after drinking Crème de Noyaux.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 5, 1823 |title=Death Notice, Moses I. Cantine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58829705/died-cantine/ |work=Northern Spectator |location=Poultney, VT |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=September 7, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617223804/https://www.newspapers.com/article/northern-spectator-died-cantine/58829705/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This liqueur contains trace amounts of hydrogen cyanide, and bottles left to age will sometimes have the poison concentrate near the top, posing a risk to the person who takes the first drink after the bottle is opened.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hall |editor1-first=Alan |editor2-last=Isom |editor2-first=Gary E. |editor3-last=Rockwood |editor3-first=Gary A. |date=2015 |title=Toxicology of Cyanides and Cyanogens: Experimental, Applied and Clinical Aspects |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D1q-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PR19 |location=West Sussex, United Kingdom |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |page=xix |isbn=978-1-1186-2895-9 |via=Google Books |access-date=2020-09-07 |archive-date=2024-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617223927/https://books.google.com/books?id=D1q-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PR19#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Family== Cantine was married to Christina Hoes (1780-1823), the sister of Martin Van Buren's wife Hannah.<ref name="Titus"/> They were the parents of two children, Moses Jr. and Christina.<ref name="Titus"/>

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==External links== *[http://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-136.html Moses I. Cantine] at Political Graveyard

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