Education
Tallmadge graduated from Union College in 1815. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1818, and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie, New New York
Tallmadge graduated from Union College in 1815. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1818, and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie, New New York
He was a United States. Senator from New York and Governor of the Wisconsin Territory. In 1833, he was elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to the United States Senate for a term beginning on March 4, 1833. In 1839, Tallmadge ran for re-election to the United States. Senate, nominated by the Whigs, but due to a Democratic majority in the State Senate, who objected to his election, no choice was made, and the seat became vacant on March 4, 1839.
On January 13, 1840, Tallmadge was re-elected to his old seat by the new State Legislature which had Whig majorities in both houses.
He took his seat on January 27, 1840, and served until June 17, 1844, when he resigned, having been appointed by President John Tyler to be Governor of Wisconsin Territory. His residence became Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
He was Governor of Wisconsin Territory until his removal from office on April 8, 1845. Later in his life Tallmadge became a spiritualist and convinced of the existence of the afterlife.
Tallmadge died in Battle Creek, Michigan on November 2, 1864.
He was buried at the Rienzi Cemetery in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The first person to be buried in the cemetery was William Tallmadge, Nathaniel Tallmadge"s nineteen-year-old son. William Tallmadge was buried in 1845.
In 1853, Nathaniel Tallmadge donated eight and a half acres from his farm to be used for the public cemetery.
Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic Party.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Company) in 1828. He was a member of the New York State Senate (2nd Doctorate) from 1830 to 1833, sitting in the 53rd, 54th, 55th and 56th New York State Legislatures. In 1838, he was a member of the "Conservatives," a faction of former Democrats who endorsed the Whig candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, William H. Seward and Luther Bradish.
