Richard S. Emmet Jr.

Richard S. Emmet Jr.
Member of the New York State Assembly
In office
January 1, 1897 – February 7, 1897
Preceded byGeorge L. Carlisle
Succeeded byWilliam J. Graney
Personal details
Born(1871-03-10)March 10, 1871
New Rochelle, New York, US
DiedFebruary 7, 1897(1897-02-07) (aged 25)
Albany, New York, US
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Mary Lamport Olyphant
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(m. 1894)​
RelationsGrenville T. Emmet (brother)
Parent(s)Richard Stockton Emmet
Katherine Temple Emmet
EducationSt. Paul's School
Alma materRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Columbia Law School

Richard Stockton Emmet Jr. (March 10, 1871 – February 7, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Coat of Arms of Richard S. Emmet, Sr.

Emmet was born on March 10, 1871, in New Rochelle, New York. He was the son of Richard Stockton Emmet (1821–1902) and Katherine "Kitty" (née Temple) Emmet (1843–1895). Among his brothers were William T. Emmet and diplomat Grenville T. Emmet.[1]

His great-grandfather was New York Attorney General Thomas Addis Emmet. Among his large extended family was first cousins Col. Robert Temple Emmet, Rosina Emmet Sherwood (mother of playwright Robert E. Sherwood),[2] William LeRoy Emmet, Devereux Emmet, Lydia Field Emmet,[3] Jane Emmet de Glehn (wife of Wilfrid de Glehn), Christopher Temple Emmet (husband of Alida Beekman Chanler,[4] daughter of John Winthrop Chanler).[5]

He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Columbia Law School.[6]

Career

After his graduation from law school, he studied law with his brother-in-law New York Supreme Court Justice Martin J. Keogh (the husband of his sister Katherine Temple Emmet)[7] he was admitted to the bar, and practiced with Emmet & Robinson, the law office of his father.[6]

Emmet entered politics as a Republican. He was a member of the New York State Assembly, representing the second district (Westchester County), in 1897. In the Assembly, he was appointed to the Judiciary and Trades and Manufactures Committees by Speaker O'Grady, served briefly until his death in February 1897.[6]

Personal life

On June 6, 1894, he married Mary Lamport Olyphant, the only daughter of Mary (née Lamport) Olyphant and Harwood Vernon Olyphant.[8][9] Together, they were the parents of one child: Mary Olyphant Emmet (born 1895).[6]

He died of typhoid fever during the legislative session, at his lodgings in Albany, New York, on February 7, 1897.[10] After his death, his widow remarried to Harvard graduate and banker, Philip Curtis in 1899.[11]

References

  1. ^ James, Henry (2011). A Small Boy and Others: A Critical Edition. University of Virginia Press. p. 35. ISBN 9780813930817. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. ^ Corn, Wanda M.; Garfinkle, Charlene G.; Madsen, Annelise K. (2011). Women Building History: Public Art at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. University of California Press. p. 205. ISBN 9780520241114. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Martha H. (2018). Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists. University Press of Mississippi. p. 458. ISBN 9781496815934. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Marriage Announcement 1 -- EMMET - CHANLER". The New York Times. October 28, 1896. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. ^ Forestry, Yale University Dept of; Forestry, Yale University School of (1913). Biographical Record of the Graduates and Former Students of the Yale Forest School: With Introductory Papers on Yale in the Forestry Movement and the History of the Yale Forest School. Yale Forest School. p. 39. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d "ASSEMBLYMAN EMMET DEAD.; He Had Been Ill with Typhoid Fever Since the Opening of the Session" (PDF). The New York Times. 8 February 1897. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  7. ^ "MRS. MARTIN J. KEOGH; Supreme Court Justice's Widow, Kin of Irish Patriot, Is Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. 29 January 1947. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  8. ^ "MARRIED: Emmet--Olyphant" (PDF). The New York Times. 8 June 1894. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. ^ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1887). Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1886. W.H. Young. p. 390. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  10. ^ The New York Red Book compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 206f)
  11. ^ Harvard College (1780-) Class of 1895 (1902). Harvard College Class of 1895 Second Report. Harvard University Press. p. 39. Retrieved 24 July 2019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
Westchester County, 2nd District
1897 		Succeeded by