Background
He was born in 1814 in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, the son of Benjamin Vanderpoel.
He was born in 1814 in Kinderhook, Columbia County, New York, the son of Benjamin Vanderpoel.
He was educated at Kinderhook Academy where his classmates and friends included the Isaac A. Verplanck of Buffalo and H. H. Van Dyck of Albany. Vanderpoel studied law at the office of J. & A. Vanderpoel in Kinderhook.
The Vanderpoel family was one of the oldest families in the state. Isaac"s great-grandfather emigrated from Holland as early as 1609 and settled on Long Island, becoming one of the earliest residents of what is now the State of New New York After four years, he went to New York City to complete his legal studies and was admitted to the office of Price & Sears, a well known firm at the time.
In 1834, during the October term of the Supreme Court, he was admitted to the Barometer
From 1837 to 1845, he was appointed Brigade Inspector of the 47th Regiment of the New York State Militia during the Patriot War, by Government. Marcy. He was a delegate to state conventions twelve different times from Erie County in the Democratic party.
He was New York State Treasurer from 1858 to 1859, elected on the Democratic ticket at the New York state election, 1857, and defeated for re-election at the New York state election, 1859. In 1871, Cleveland was Sheriff of Erie County, mayor of Buffalo in 1882, Governor of New York in 1883 and finally the 22nd and 24th President of the United States in 1885 and 1893, respectively.
In 1884, while Governor of New York, Cleveland pursued Vanderpoel"s relative, Vanderpoel, as the New York Attorney General.
Vanderpoel died on March 25, 1871, in Buffalo, New New York