Mayor of Albany, John Lansing, Jr.

Colonial New York 1664-1788

Mayors of Albany
John Lansing, Jr.
Mayor 1786-1790

John Lansing, Jr., Mayor September 29, 1786 - 1790. Married Cornelia Ray, April 8, 1781, by whom he had ten children. In 1805 he lived on the north corner of Broadway and Steuben street. He was one of the delegates to the convention that framed the United States Constitution in 1787, but declined to support the adoption of that instrument. In 1788 he was a member of the Constitutional Convention of New York State, and for many years was Chancellor of the State. Visiting New York City on business, he suddenly disappeared as he was about to take a steamer to return to Albany, December 12, 1829, and was never heard of afterwards. Conjecture had it that he was waylaid, robbed, and murdered. Others think he was accidentally drowned while attempting to get on board the steamer.

The History of the County of Albany, by George Howell, (c)1886, p 662.