Ogden Edwards (1781-1862)

He was born in Connecticut and came to New York in the early 1800s. He was a grandson of the distinguished orator and President of what would become Princeton University, Jonathan Edwards; brother of Henry, 27th Governor of Connecticut; and, a first cousin of U.S. Vice-President Aaron Burr. He was Surrogate of the County of New York (1807); Member of the New York Assembly (1814 and 1817); Counsel for the Corporation of New York (1816-1822); Member of the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1821; and Judge of the 1st Circuit in the State of New York (1822-1841). In 1846, as a Whig, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of New York. He died at Staten Island, New York.