Background
Benedict, Erastus Cornelius was born on March 19, 1800 in Branford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Review Joel T. and Currance (Wheeler) Benedict.
Benedict, Erastus Cornelius was born on March 19, 1800 in Branford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Review Joel T. and Currance (Wheeler) Benedict.
Graduate Williams College, 1821. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Rutgers College, 1865.
Admitted to New York bar, 1824, soon became one of most distinguished admiralty lawyers of the time. Deputy clerk United States District Court for Southern New York, 1824. Member New York.C. Common Council, 1840.
Public school trustee, New York City, 1842. Member of New York State Legislature, 1848. Member New York City Board Education, 1850-1863, president.
Trustee Williams College, 1855. Regent University State New York, 1855-1880, chancellor, 1878-1880. A founder College City New York.
Member of New York State Senate, 1872. Board of Governors New York State Woman’s Hospital. Member of New York History Society Author: American Admiralty, 1850.
A Run Through Europe, 1860. Medieval Hymns, 1861.
Member New York.C. Common Council, 1840. Member of New York State Legislature, 1848. Member New York City Board Education, 1850-1863, president.
Member of New York State Senate, 1872. Member of New York History Society.
Married Caroline Bloodgood, May 7, 1833.