{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = William Paulding Jr. | image = William Paulding, Jr..jpg | caption = 1820s portrait of Paulding | order = 57th and 59th Mayor of New York City | term_start = 1827 | term_end = 1829 | predecessor = Philip Hone | successor = Walter Bowne | term_start1 = 1825 | term_end1 = 1826 | predecessor1 = Stephen Allen | successor1 = Philip Hone | state3 = New York | district3 = 2nd | term_start3 = March 4, 1811 | term_end3 = March 3, 1813 | predecessor3 = Gurdon S. Mumford | successor3 = Egbert Benson | order4 = 4th and 6th Adjutant General of New York | predecessor4 = Solomon van Rensselaer | successor4 = Solomon van Rensselaer | term_start4 = 1809 | term_end4 = 1810 | predecessor5 = Solomon van Rensselaer | successor5 = Solomon van Rensselaer | term_start5 = 1811 | term_end5 = 1813 | birth_date = {{birth date|1770|3|7}} | birth_place = Philipsburg Manor, Province of New York, British America (the present-day Tarrytown, New York area) | death_date = {{death date and age|1854|2|11|1770|3|7}} | death_place = Tarrytown, New York, U.S. | party = Democratic-Republican | spouse = Maria Rhinehander | children = Frederick W. Paulding | relations = James Kirke Paulding (brother) }} '''William Paulding Jr.''' (March 7, 1770 – February 11, 1854) was a United States representative from New York and the 57th and 59th mayor of New York City. He was the adjutant general of New York for two non-consecutive terms.
==Early life== Paulding was born in the Upper Mills section of colonial Philipsburg Manor<ref>{{Cite web |title=PAULDING, William, Jr. {{!}} US House of Representatives |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/19454 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126181145/https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/19454 |archive-date=November 26, 2024 |access-date=January 10, 2026 |website=Office of the Historian and the Clerk of the House's Office of Art and Archives |language=en}}</ref> (the present-day Tarrytown area) in the Province of New York on March 7, 1770. He was a son of William Paulding Sr. (1735–1835), a wealthy shop owner and Revolutionary War veteran,<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 14, 1894 |title=In Sleepy Hollow Cemetery: MONUMENT IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS OF REVOLUTION |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/10/14/106876314.pdf |access-date=January 26, 2026 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Raymond |first=Marcius D. |date=1894 |title=Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication at Tarrytown, N.Y. |url=https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/H008228.pdf |access-date=January 10, 2026 |website=Seeking My Roots}}</ref> and the brother of Julia Paulding (wife of U.S. Representative William Irving, brother of Washington Irving<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/H008825.pdf |title=The Old Dutch Burying Ground of Sleepy Hollow |date=1926 |publisher=History Research Society of the Tappan Zee |page= |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260111191441/https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/H008825.pdf |archive-date=January 11, 2026}}</ref>), Catharine Paulding (wife of Mordecai Hale, a surgeon's mate), and James Kirke Paulding, the United States Secretary of the Navy under President Martin Van Buren. Paulding was a cousin of Revolutionary War hero John Paulding, one of the captors of Major John André.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1896-05-10 |title=John Paulding Medal Found |pages=5 |work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1896/05/10/108230187.pdf |access-date=2023-04-05 |id={{ProQuest|964636726}}}}</ref> Paulding's ancestors were among the early Dutch settlers of the area.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
==Career== He completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York.
He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811, to March 3, 1813, and was a brigadier general of the New York militia. He served in the War of 1812 and was a delegate to the New York constitutional convention in 1821.
Paulding was Adjutant General of New York. He served two non-consecutive terms as Mayor of New York City, from 1825 to 1826 and again from 1827 to 1829.
==Personal life== Paulding was married to Maria Rhinelander (1784–1851).<ref name="Little1892">{{cite book |last1=Courts |first1=New York (State) |title=The New York State Reporter: Containing All the Current Decisions of the Courts of Record of New York State ... |date=1892 |publisher=W.C. Little & Company |page=483 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4i5FAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA483 |access-date=February 21, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Together, they were the parents of:<ref name="Greene1955">{{cite book |last1=Greene |first1=Richard Henry |last2=Stiles |first2=Henry Reed |last3=Dwight |first3=Melatiah Everett |last4=Morrison |first4=George Austin |last5=Mott |first5=Hopper Striker |last6=Totten |first6=John Reynolds |last7=Pitman |first7=Harold Minot |last8=Forest |first8=Louis Effingham De |last9=Ditmas |first9=Charles Andrew |last10=Mann |first10=Conklin |last11=Maynard |first11=Arthur S. |title=The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record |date=1955 |publisher=New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. |page=235 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhYoAQAAMAAJ |access-date=February 21, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* Frederick W. Paulding (1811–1858), the father of Julia Rhinelander Paulding who married Col. Richard Irving Dodge.<ref name="Kime2006">{{cite book |last1=Kime |first1=Wayne R. |title=Colonel Richard Irving Dodge: The Life and Times of a Career Army Officer |date=2006 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=9780806137094 |page=477 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ze8QsyGSZ4QC&pg=PA477 |access-date=February 21, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
He purchased a summer estate in the Tarrytown area, where he was born, and built a mansion there, designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1838. He called the house Knoll, but it was often referred to as "Paulding's folly" because of its unusual design that included fanciful turrets, pointed arches, and an asymmetrical outline, all of which was unlike most homes of the time.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Lyndhurst's History |url=https://lyndhurst.org/history/ |access-date=December 9, 2025 |website=Lyndhurst Mansion |language=en-US}}</ref> It was later renamed Lyndhurst and donated by its last owner, railroad tycoon Jay Gould's daughter Anna Gould, to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966.<ref name="nhlsum2">{{cite web |title=Jay Gould Estate (Lyndhurst) |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=423&ResourceType=Building |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322201952/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=423&ResourceType=Building |archivedate=March 22, 2009 |accessdate=September 15, 2007 |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>
He died in his Knoll mansion on February 11, 1854, and was buried in the Paulding family vault at the Old Dutch Burying Ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Perry |first=William Graves |date=1953 |title=The Old Dutch Burying Ground of Sleepy Hollow in North Tarrytown, New York |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Ld-Wbv0D95OUkyLVpsYU1yeGs/view |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Rand Press |page=3}}</ref>
===Legacy=== Paulding Avenue in The Bronx is named after him.
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