Background
Gansevoort, Leonard was born in July 1751. Son of Harmen and Magdalena (Douw) Gansevoort.
jurist Continental congressman
Gansevoort, Leonard was born in July 1751. Son of Harmen and Magdalena (Douw) Gansevoort.
Member Albany (New York) Committee of Correspondence, treasurer until 1775. Member 2d, 3rd provincial congresses of New York, 1775, 76. Member Convention of Representatives of State of New York, 1777, president pro tem, clerk Albany County, 1777, city recorder, 1780.
Member of New York State Assembly, 1778, 87. Member Continental Congress, 1787-1788.
Married Hester Cuyler.