Background
Hasbrouck, Josiah was born on March 5, 1755 in New Paltz, New York, United States.
United States representative politician
Hasbrouck, Josiah was born on March 5, 1755 in New Paltz, New York, United States.
Born in New Paltz, he completed preparatory studies and conducted a general merchandising business.
He was a second lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Ulster County Militia in 1780, and was supervisor of New Paltz from 1784 to 1786 and in 1793, 1794, and 1799 to 1805. Hasbrouck was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Cantine and served from April 28, 1803, to March 3, 1805. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was then elected to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819), during which he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State.
He died near Plattekill. Original interment was in the family burial ground. Reinterment was in New Paltz Rural Cemetery, New Paltz.
Locust Lawn, his Federal style-home during his last years, is a Registered Historic Place, located along NY 32 in what is today the town of Gardiner, just south of New Paltz.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1796, 1797, 1802, and 1806.